NYC boy, 17, shot to death in retaliation hours after losing friend

Two longtime friends were killed within two days on Coney Island in what authorities deemed as gang-related murders, authorities said.

Tamari Carmon was shot in the head on April 29, hours after lighting candles at a makeshift memorial for his slain best friend, Javon Johnnie.

Johnnie was shot dead on April 27. He reportedly was a high-ranking member of the Coney Island Brims gang with 10 arrests on his record.

Police said Carmon was shot in retaliation for Johnnie’s death. The two were, however, longtime friends.

“That was his best friend who they shot and killed in Flatbush,” Johnnie’s father said.

“That was his best friend.”