By AVA TURNQUEST
Tribune Chief Reporter
aturnquest@tribunemedia.net
POLICE are investigating the fatal shooting of a boy found lying in a pool of his own blood in an abandoned building early on Friday.
Officers were called to the building at the corner of Bain and Meadow Streets shortly after 7am, according to Superintendent Ashton Greenslade.
Although police have not yet released the victim's identity, Supt Greenslade said detectives were in the streets trying to pin down a motive for the youth's killing.
Supt Greenslade could not confirm the boy's age at the time but noted that he was under 16 and appeared to be a young boy.
"Our responding officers went to building number 19, an unoccupied building, and on the northern side of the building inside of the middle apartment unit officers observed the lifeless body of a juvenile male lying on his back in a pool of blood with what appeared to be two gunshot wounds to the head."
Emergency Medical Services pronounced the body dead at the scene, he said.
The shooting death raised the country's murder count to 77 for the year.
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ThisIsOurs 7 years, 5 months ago
Wow under 16 with two gunshot wounds to the head. We are in trouble. It will be Mad Max city in 10 years if things don't turn around.
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