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A mindless fight over graffiti led to the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Bronx boy, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Tuesday.

Ruben Redman was shot in the head and two friends were wounded Monday night after a gunman opened fire, angry they had scrawled over another group’s tag.

“Just think about how sick that is,” said Mayor Bloomberg while announcing the results of a weekend gun buyback program. “Somebody dead and two seriously injured over something that is nothing.”

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Graffiti

The university said it was not clear if the student had been the vandal

Stockholm’s transport authority (SL) has demanded compensation from an arts college after a student was involved in an act of vandalism on a metro train.

SL Chairman Christer Wennerholm said the authority intended to seek 100,000 kronor ($11,500; £8,000) in damages.

Passengers on the metro were terrified when a masked man spray-painted graffiti inside, smashed a window and jumped through it onto the platform.

The rampage was filmed and later appeared as part of an art thesis.

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