A Bedford-Stuyvesant man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy at a Bushwick playground in 2018, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday. Elijah Harris, 25, was sentenced by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Donald on Jan. 7, following his October 2024 conviction for second-degree murder, second-degree assault, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. “This was a despicable act of gun violence that took the life of an innocent teenage boy and left an entire family and community traumatized,” Gonzalez said. Click here to read more on brooklynpaper.com.