By Aya Elamroussi and Kiely Westhoff, CNN A 15-year-old student was shot and killed in a New York City park after leaving school Wednesday, police said. The shooting happened in McLaughlin Park in Brooklyn about 15 minutes after the teen was dismissed from his school at 1:30 p.m.
The child, a student at Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools, was approached by two boys, one of whom shot him after a fist fight, according to the police.
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