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Officers recovered this weapon after a 13-year-old attempted to shoot a rival teen.
Cops busted a 13-year-old for attempted murder yesterday after officers spotted him shooting at another teen in an East Harlem Housing project.
The two kids, from rival housing project crews, were in a dispute at the Jefferson Houses on Second Avenue near East 115th Street at 3:10 p.m. when the boy fired an Interarms Star 9mm handgun at his 14-year-old foe, police said.
Officers Samantha Smith and Keith Roman, from the PSA 5 housing precinct, were patrolling the complex and witnessed the mayhem.
They ordered the child to drop the weapon, which he did, and they quickly placed the boy under arrest, cops said.
The victim was not injured, police said.
The suspect, whose name is being withheld because of his age, was slapped with a slew of charges including attempted murder, attempted gang assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment, police said.
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Officers Samantha Smith and Keith Roman
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