Newsman: Gunman shot a teenager outside the high school , Martin Luther King, Jr. Educational Campus on the Upper West Side Tuesday. The victim was shot in the torso and taken into the school for treatment before he was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The gunman was arrested a short distance away. He’s refusing to talk to police, so the NYPD is working to figure out his background.
The shooting happened on Tuesday at 9:50 a.m. in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus on Amsterdam Avenue at 66th Street.
Students were temporarily being kept inside both the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus and LaGuardia High School, two nearby schools
The identity of the victim and the alleged gunman has not yet been released. The motive of the shooting is not yet known.
