Newsman: A New York City schools employee has died after being shot in the head in Brooklyn on Tuesday. According to police, the incident stemmed from some sort of dispute between the two, but was not gang related. Gunman fired four shots, striking the teenager once in the head.
New York City schools employee Ethan Holder, 19, was pronounced dead at Brooklyn Hospital after being shot in the head around 2:50 p.m. outside a deli at 5022 Avenue M in the Flatlands section.
The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) released a statement Wednesday night in response to the shooting.
“Another senseless shooting. Our students, staff and communities deserve to be safe but instead are traumatized by this tide of violence. As a city, we have to do better,” said Michael Mulgrew, President of the UFT.
The Department of Education says the victim works as a paraprofessional for District 75, located in the same building as PS 203 Floyd Bennett School.
He was shot less than a block from the school, and according to police, he was the intended target of the shooting.
Police have arrested a person named Javier Oates in connection to the incident. Javier Oates, a 19-year-old Brooklyn resident, was arrested and charged with murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal use of a firearm.
The NYPD have security camera video from several angle.The description of the gunman matched the man seen on the surveillance video. The suspect was wearing a red do-rag and a black parka over a red hoodie.
