Urgent manhunt underway for alleged gunman who shot 13-year-old boy in head in Cambria Heights: NYPD

A 13-year-old boy is clinging to life after he was shot in the head in front of a Dunkin’ Donuts in Cambria Heights on Monday morning.

Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village responded to a 911 call of a boy shot at 208-15 Linden Blvd. at 8:21 a.m. and found the youngster in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to the side of his head. EMS rushed him to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in Glen Oaks, where he was listed in critical condition, an NYPD spokesman said. The teen was reportedly walking to Martin Van Buren High School on Hillside Avenue in Queens Village when he was targeted by the gunman who shot him and rode off on a scooter.

The boy is listed as being in critical condition at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in Glen Oaks. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell

Detectives are looking for a a suspect wearing white hoodie, white sneakers and carrying a black backpack.

An urgent manhunt is underway for the gunman, who wore a white hooded sweatshirt and carried a black backpack. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell

The youngster was found with a gunshot wound to the side of his head in the parking lot. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell

Anyone with information regarding this assault investigation is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are confidential.

Through Sept. 21, the 105th Precinct has reported 162 felony assaults so far in 2025, 25 fewer than the 197 reported at the same point last year, a decline of 13.4%, according to the most recent CompStat report.