A teen boy was gunned down in Manhattan, police said.
Raphael Ward, 16, was shot on the Lower East Side at the intersection of Rivington and Columbia Streets about 9:10 p.m. yesterday, cops said.
He was wounded in the chest and rushed to Beth Israel Hospital but died shortly after, authorities said.
Cops are investigating whether he was the victim of a robbery, police sources said. He may have known the assailant, sources added.
No arrests have been made.
Ward lived nearby in the Baruch housing development.
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