Teen gunned down in possible NYC gang hit made frantic call to mom telling her he’d been shot before dying: sources
The 13-year-old boy gunned down in Brooklyn late Thursday frantically called his mom to tell her he’d been shot — before collapsing dead on the sidewalk, sources told The Post.
Troy Gill was targeted in what may have been a rival gang hit when he was sprayed with bullets about three blocks from his Crown Heights home around 10:30 p.m., sources said Friday.
The teen had just returned to the neighborhood in an Uber with a pal after catching a Brooklyn Nets game at the Barclays Center, according to the sources.
He was blasted four times in the chest and upper body at Bergen Street and New York Avenue — then dialed his mom to tell her he’d been shot and that he was running toward the nearby Brooklyn Children’s Museum, sources said.
The gravely wounded boy — who sources said was affiliated with the Drench Crew gang — ran around the corner to Brooklyn Avenue and St. Marks Avenue before crumpling to the ground, authorities said.
He was rushed to the Kings County Hospital Center, but he could not be saved.
His death marked the third fatal shooting in Crown Heights this week.
Gill was walking on a block where the Drench Crew typically hangs out, and sources believe he was targeted in the late-night violence by an opposition gang.
Multiple people heard the gunshots and called 911, according to police, who noted that six shell casings were found at the scene.
The teen’s stepdad, who did not want to be identified, told The Post that Gill was coming home from the Barclays Center when he was shot.
“Troy was a good kid,” the man said outside the family’s home Friday.
“He wanted to be … [an] aspiring rapper, basketball player. He is a good dude — 13 years old.”
Sources said Gill FaceTimed his mom from the game around 9 p.m., and then FaceTimed her again from an Uber about an hour later. Someone she didn’t know was also in the car.
The teen’s mother “is not holding up” after her son’s death, the stepdad said.
City Council Member Chi Ossé, who represents the area where Gill was killed, said the slain teen was a student at the local MS 354.
“Our office is still looking into the details of this case,” Ossé posted on X.
“We extend our condolences to the victim’s family, loved ones, and the MS 354 community today.”
The deadly violence came just a day after 33-year-old Lamine Bah was fatally shot in the head outside the Ebbets Field Apartments on McKeever Place near Sullivan Place shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday
And on Monday, bodega clerk Nazim Berry, 37, was shot execution-style outside the Franklin Avenue shop where he worked after he refused to give a free cigarillo to his alleged killer.
“Save our streets,” Gill’s stepdad said, when asked for his thoughts on the recent string of violence.
“That’s what’s going through my mind.”
