A teenager was criminally charged with attempted murder and other crimes for allegedly shooting a man in Rockaway Park after an argument on an MTA Q22 bus turned physical during the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 3.

The 17-year-old turned himself in to detectives at the 100th Precinct on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 13, after a school safety agent identified him to police. The teen was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court that afternoon on a criminal complaint charging him with attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree – an armed felony offense and other related crimes.

According to the charges, the 20-year-old male victim was riding in an eastbound Q22 bus near Beach 105th Street at 4:30 p.m. when the defendant approached him and engaged in a verbal dispute over a seat. The argument escalated into violence when the two young men started brawling and spilled out onto Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

The two men grappled on the sidewalk when the victim saw the perpetrator reach into his waistband he turned and ran into the street as the defendant displayed and discharged a firearm multiple times at the victim, striking him once in the right buttocks, according to the criminal complaint. The gunman fled the scene on foot, traveling eastbound on Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

EMS responded to the location and transported the wounded man to One Brooklyn Health-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

A detective from the 100th Precinct said he was informed by a doctor who treated the victim that he suffered a gunshot wound to the right buttocks and the bullet had traveled to the inside of his leg, and that the bullet remained lodged in his leg. A crime scene investigator recovered four .380 caliber shell casings from the ground at the intersection of Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 105th Street.

The 17-year-old was additionally charged with assault in the second and third degree, menacing in the second degree and other weapon possession charges. The defendant was arraigned before Queens Criminal Court Judge Bruna DiBiase, who set bail at $50,000 cash and $50,000 bond and ordered him to return to court on Nov. 9.

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