A 15-year-old boy was killed and a 13-year-old wounded in a Bronx apartment Wednesday night, according to police — who are still searching for a shooter who allegedly told the boy “I’m gonna throw some pain.”
Riley Billingslea was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head by cops responding to a 911 call for shots fired inside an apartment on Claflin Avenue around 5:30 p.m., according to police.
The dead teen’s grief-stricken grandmother recalled the horrifying moment his friends banged on her door to tell her the tragic news.
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