A gunfire incident in East Harlem on the late afternoon of Saturday, May 17, 2025, left 17-year-old Chance Leggett critically wounded after a shot to the head. The shooting happened at about 4:48 p.m. in front of a building on East 115th Street near Lexington Avenue, not far from his home on 105th Street. Emergency crews took him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, where he remained in critical condition until he died of his injuries on Wednesday, May 29, 2025.

The New York City Police Department arrested 19-year-old Jermaine Vanderhorst from the Bronx on May 18, 2025, charging him with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon. The investigation into the killing is ongoing.

Does anyone in East Harlem that afternoon have information about the shooting or saw activity near East 115th Street and Lexington Avenue?