A TEENAGE suspect in the horrific attack on a 15-year-old girl who was beaten and mugged for a pair of Air Jordans has died.
Tyquan Howard, 16, was shot near Rochester Avenue in Brookyln around 1 am on Tuesday, and later died from her injuries at Brookdale Hospital.
Police say they don't know why or how the 16-year-old became involved in the shooting.
Howard was arrested and charged with robbery and gang assault after cops said she was involved in a mass-mugging in March.
Nearly 20 teens brutally attacked a 15-year-old girl in New York on March 5 and stole her Air Jordan sneakers, cops said.
The girl was walking in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn at around 4.10pm when the group approached her — and immediately started kicking and stomping her.
The brutal attack - which cops say was in revenge for an earlier school fight between the victim and another girl - happened on Utica Avenue near Sterling Place.
A horrific clip released by police shows the victim already on the ground with one person attacking her.
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Soon after, a group of what appears to be nearly 20 people trickles and begins to jump on the 15-year-old, and kicking her in the head.
Authorities said the gang stole the girl’s sneakers, her cell phone and her debit card before taking off in different directions, according to the New York Post.
Police were questioning an unnamed suspect in relation to the brutal attack on Friday.
[caption id="attachment_501708" align="alignnone" width="553"] Anyone with information on what happened is urged to contact the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-8477[/caption
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