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Coney Island Teen Shot Dead on Christmas Eve, Police Say

By Gustavo Solis | December 25, 2013 12:07pm
 Police were investigating a fatal shooting near 3144 Bay View Ave. Dec. 25, 2013.
Police were investigating a fatal shooting near 3144 Bay View Ave. Dec. 25, 2013.
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BROOKLYN — A Coney Island teenager was gunned down in front of his apartment building on Christmas Eve, the NYPD said.

Yaquin English, 17, was shot multiple times in the torso and leg just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday outside of Gravesend Houses, a New York City Housing Authority complex at 3144 Bay View Ave., police said.

Paramedics pronounced English dead at the scene.

No arrests had been made as of Wednesday afternoon. The investigation was ongoing, police said.