<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0mSDCT_0mUnXJac00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0mSDCT_0mUnXJac00" width="1280" height="1563" ></figure>EDITOR’S NOTE: The post has been updated to reflect the victim’s correct age. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police responded to an emergency call of a person shot in Stapleton Friday afternoon, resulting in what a law-enforcement source described as life-threatening injuries.A police spokesperson confirmed a 13-year-old boy had been shot in the head and said the victim was transported by ambulance to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1M3SsL_0mUnXJac00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1M3SsL_0mUnXJac00" width="1280" height="926" ></figure>The incident occurred at a field on Tompkins Avenue near Broad Street, next to a parking lot for the Stapleton Houses. A police spokesperson initially identified the location as the vicinity of Gordon and Fulton Streets.The area is close to I.S. 49, Eagle Academy and PS 78.Witnesses observed police providing medical aid at about 4 p.m. to a person who was then rushed away by ambulance.The law-enforcement source said that police aviation was on scene following the incident looking for two males in ski masks.Police were investigating whether the suspects ran into an apartment building on Hill Street.This is a breaking news story. More information will be posted as it becomes available.</div></body>

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Teen shot in head on Staten Island field; police searching for suspects

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police responded to an emergency call of a person shot in Stapleton Friday afternoon, resulting in what a law-enforcement source described as life-threatening injuries. A police spokesperson confirmed a 13-year-old boy had been shot in the head and said the victim was transported by ambulance...