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Teen clings to life, shot in head outside Queens housing project

A man was rushed to the hospital after he was shot in the head at the NYCHA Pomonok Houses along Parsons Blvd. in Queens on Monday. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)
A man was rushed to the hospital after he was shot in the head at the NYCHA Pomonok Houses along Parsons Blvd. in Queens on Monday. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)
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A 19-year-old man was shot in the head outside a Queens housing project early Monday, leaving him in critical condition, police said.

The victim was shot at 2 a.m. in a confrontation outside building on Parson Blvd. near Jewel Ave. that is part of NYCHA’s Pomonok Houses, cops said.

An unidentified adult male was rushed to New York Presbyterian Hospital Queens in critical condition after he was shot in the head at the NYCHA Pomonok Houses near 67-20 Parsons Boulevard in Queens on Monday Feb. 5, 2024. 0755. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)
A man was rushed to the hospital after he was shot in the head at the NYCHA Pomonok Houses on Parsons Blvd. in Queens on Monday. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)

Medics rushed the victim to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens, where he was clinging to life with a gunshot wound to the head.

The shooter fled the scene west on Jewel Ave. in a black SUV and has not been caught.

An unidentified adult male was rushed to New York Presbyterian Hospital Queens in critical condition after he was shot in the head at the NYCHA Pomonok Houses near 67-20 Parsons Boulevard in Queens on Monday Feb. 5, 2024. 0755. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)
A man was rushed to the hospital after he was shot in the head at the NYCHA Pomonok Houses on Parsons Blvd. in Queens on Monday. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)