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14-Year-Old Girl Raped in Brooklyn Homeless Shelter, NYPD Says

By Aidan Gardiner | April 7, 2017 11:02am | Updated on April 9, 2017 10:12pm

BROOKLYN — A 14-year-old girl was raped by another teen in a Canarsie homeless shelter Wednesday, police said.

The girl was attacked by a 16-year-old boy within the Flatlands Family Residence at 10875 Ave. D, near East 108th Street, about 3 p.m., NYPD officials said.

The girl was treated at Kings County Hospital, police said.

The suspect, who lives in the shelter, was arrested for rape and sexual misconduct, police said.

He's been arrested six times before, but most of those records are sealed, police said. He was arrested last year for criminal possession of marijuana, police said.