Boy, 16, arrested in shooting death of Bronx NYCHA worker

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police arrested a teen boy in connection to the fatal shooting of a NYCHA worker in the Bronx last week, authorities said.

Officials charged a 16-year-old boy with murder, manslaughter criminal possession of a weapon.

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According to the NYPD, on August 19, two young men were on a motorized scooter shot when they shot and killed 49-year-old Nelson Mattocks near a playground on East 156th Street in Longwood.

Mattocks was not working at the time of the shooting, cops said.

Investigators believe that the shooting was gang-related and that Mattocks was not the intended target.

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