{"id":752185,"date":"2026-04-25T12:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/752185\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:54:18","slug":"teen-accused-of-gunning-down-boy-in-nyc-park-arrested-after-nearly-two-weeks-on-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/752185\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen accused of gunning down boy in NYC park arrested after nearly two weeks on the run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/21\/us-news\/nypd-identifies-teen-who-allegedly-gunned-down-boy-15-when-gang-beef-erupted-at-innocent-water-gun-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">teen who fled the country<\/a> after allegedly gunning down a 15-year-old boy when a bitter gang-fueled brawl erupted at a Queens park has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Zahir Davis, 18, was nabbed Friday night \u2013 nearly two weeks after Pierre was brutally murdered surrounded by a crowd of teens in Roy Wilkins Park \u2013 according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.76171875;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39195332\" width=\"449\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nypd-detectives-assigned-u-s-126366216.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Zahir Davis.\" class=\"wp-image-39195332\"  \/>18-year-old Zahir Davis has been arrested after the brutal murder of 15-year-old Jaden Pierre in Roy Wilkins Park. NYPD<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.45;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39195370\" width=\"266\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jaden-pierre-pictued-undated-photo-125907511_723b47.jpg\" alt=\"Jaden Pierre looking directly at the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-39195370\"  \/>15-year-old Pierre died after a bitter gang-fueled brawl erupted in the Queens park. Facebook \/ Rev-chaplain Peter Jones<\/p>\n<p>Police said the alleged killer fled the country for Jamaica the day after the heinous caught-on-camera crime and was arrested as soon as he landed back in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Davis\u2019 arrest Saturday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The teen who fled the country after allegedly gunning down a 15-year-old boy when a bitter gang-fueled brawl&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":752186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,4219,12784,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,4413,3677,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-752185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-crime","tag-gangs","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-shootings","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116465452382624368","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}