16-year-old boy dies from shooting at Raleigh’s Brentwood Park

A 16-year-old died from his injuries after being shot Thursday afternoon.

Waly Malik Faye died after police found him suffering from a gunshot wound around 2:30 p.m.

Officers responded to a 911 call reporting a body on the ground near the Brentwood Park and Neighborhood Center on Vinson Court.

The caller said the person was wearing a mask and bleeding from the head and was near the playground, according to a copy of the 911 call released Friday afternoon. A Raleigh Police Department news release initially described the person as an adult male.

The caller agreed to flag down first responders being dispatched to the scene. A fire department truck, its alarm blaring, is heard arriving a couple of minutes into the call.

Faye’s death is the second homicide reported in Raleigh this year.

There were 27 reported homicides in the city in 2020, including 22 fatal shootings, according to preliminary year-end data from the Raleigh Police Department. Three victims were 17 years old or under.

The police department asks anyone with information in Thursday’s shooting to call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at 919-834-HELP or visit raleighcrimestoppers.org for text and email reporting options. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for anonymous tips that help solve cases.

This story was originally published February 5, 2021 at 12:48 PM.