A teenager identified as Trequan Wingfield has died after being shot in the chest at the NYCHA building in Harlem on Wednesday.

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Who was Trequan Wingfield?

Trequan Wingfield was 17 years old. He was shot dead at Polo Ground Towers located at 2971 Frederick Douglas Boulevard.

According to police officials, he was rushed to the Harlem Hospital, after he was shot. But he was declared dead.

The horrific incident took place in close proximity to Ruth Mackins’ backyard, six small orange cones marked the presence of shell casings. She was watching TV when she was abruptly shattered by a series of five or six gunshots. Disturbed by the proximity of the incident, Mackins dismissed the possibility of the sounds being mere firecrackers.

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The severity of the situation was later revealed by the influx of cops and investigators into the central courtyard of the buildings. Darlene Rhodes, who was sitting only a few feet from where the shooting started, expressed her displeasure by saying that she had merely gone upstairs to have lunch when the commotion suddenly erupted.

Gerald Gee, a neighbor of the victim, said Wingfield was expecting a child soon.

Gee in a statement said, “Whatever he was doing he was staying with that girl I see him going in and out with her,” he said. “I guess pre-natal care and all that and look what happens. Now you got a loss now. You’re growing up with no baby father. Child man. He’s a child himself … 17, 18 years old. Sad”

As of now, no arrests have been made in the case. The police investigation is underway. They are looking into whether Wingfield was an intended target and looking for the motive behind the shooting.

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Police said that a man suspect who was seen running south on Eighth Avenue while wearing a blue hoodie ran in the direction of the intersection of West 155th Street and Bradhurst Avenue.