Bronx Community Mourns 15-Year-Old After Fatal Shooting

Boy, 16, surrenders to cops in murder of another teen – who he shot after sneering, ‘I’m going to throw some pain’

Kalvin Veloz, turned himself in Tuesday and was charged with murder for allegedly firing a .45 caliber weapon at 15-year-old Riley Billingsley inside a fifth-floor apartment on Claflin Avenue near West 197th Street in Kingsbridge Heights around 5:20 p.m. Aug. 12, authorities said.

Teen surrenders to NYPD hours before funeral of 15-year-old killed in Bronx apartment

Police said the 16-year-old fatally shot Riley Billingslea while they were hanging out in a bedroom. [ more › ]

Bronx community mourns 15-year-old after fatal shooting

Riley Billingslea’s loved ones filled a Bronx funeral home for the service.

Bronx grandmother pleads for friends of teen killed in shooting to aid police as she mourns at Brooklyn service

The grandmother of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot in a Bronx apartment earlier this month pleaded during his emotional funeral Tuesday for her grandson’s friends to help police find the shooter. Friends and family gathered at Lawrence H. Woodward Funeral Home in Brooklyn on Aug. 25 to celebrate the life of Riley Billingslea,...

Arrest made in fatal shooting of 15-year-old - The Riverdale Press

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 25 in connection with the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Riley Billingslea, according to an announcement released by police that night.  The ...