Man abandons car after shooting boy, 17, on Staten Island: NYPD

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – A 17-year-old boy was shot in Staten Island on Tuesday, according to the NYPD.

It happened on Bowen Street around 5 p.m. The teen was shot in the leg and taken to a local hospital by EMS, police said.

The suspect, a man last seen wearing a green hooded sweatshirt, fled the scene in a blue Hyundai, according to authorities. The car was later found abandoned, police said.

Police did not confirm if the car was stolen.

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