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Two Arrested for Shooting Death of Bronx Teen

By William Gorta | April 27, 2012 5:33pm
Well wishes for Luke Williams, 15, line the wall of his building on Prospect Avenue. The teen was shot to death in The Bronx on April 14, 2012.
Well wishes for Luke Williams, 15, line the wall of his building on Prospect Avenue. The teen was shot to death in The Bronx on April 14, 2012.
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DNAinfo/Chelsia Rose Marcius

BRONX — Two teens were arrested in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in Longwood, police said.

Antoine Gentle, 18, and Jashaun Walker, 17, were charges with murder, weapons possession and criminal use of a firearm in the April 14 shooting of Luke Williams, who was slain on the corner from his home.

Williams was shot just after midnight at Freeman Street and Prospect Avenue fter an argument broke out among two groups of teens.  

A members of the opposing group whipped out a gun and shot Williams in the neck, sources said.

Gentle, of Morris Avenue, and Walker, of East 235th Street, were awaiting arraignment Friday afternoon.