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16-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot in Head on New Year's Eve, Police Say

By Lisha Arino | January 1, 2016 11:40am | Updated on January 3, 2016 8:25pm
 Jihad Jackson, 16, was found dead on a Jamaica street at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, the NYPD said.
Jihad Jackson, 16, was found dead on a Jamaica street at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, the NYPD said.
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QUEENS — A 16-year-old boy was found fatally shot in the head on a Jamaica street shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve, police said.

Jihad Jackson, of Rosedale, was shot once in the head and found unconscious at the corner of 109 Avenue and Merrick Boulevard at around 11:30 p.m., according to the NYPD.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No arrests have been made, but police were questioning two people as of Friday morning, the NYPD said.

No other details were available.