Update: Arrest made – 17-year-old Trequan Wingfield fatally shot in Washington Heights

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NYPD were called to a shooting outside of 2971 Frederick Douglass Blvd Polo Ground Houses on June 28th at approximately 4:00pm.

On arrival police located 17-year-old Trequan Wingfield, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Wingfield was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he died of his injuries.

The suspect has been described as wearing all blue, possibly a tracksuit, and he fled the scene southbound on Eighth Avenue.

Update Police arrested a 16-year-old boy on June 30th. He is facing charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)