Nathaniel Walcott had spent the past 18 months at Lincoln Hall, a juvenile delinquent facility in northern Westchester.
Cops found Walcott lying next to his pink bicycle.
The teenage son of a retired correction officer was shot to death outside a Brooklyn playground while on a home visit from an upstate reform school, authorities said Tuesday.
Nathaniel Walcott, 16, left his Brownsville home just before 11 p.m. Monday to get something to eat when he was shot once in the back by an unknown gunman, police said.
Cops found him lying next to his pink bicycle and rushed him to Brookdale Hospital where he died.
The teen had spent the past 18 months at Lincoln Hall, a juvenile delinquent facility in northern Westchester, after getting into "trouble" at school in Brooklyn.
"He came to visit every few weeks," said his father, Charles, 62, a tailor. "He was free to come home which means he was doing good."
The boy's mother, Delores, a retired correction officer, said her son wanted to become a doctor and had never been involved in violence.
"He didn't rob or hurt anybody in his life," she said. "He's never been in a real fight."
She said he had been dismissed from P.S. 327 because of fights he had with teachers.
"He was an outspoken person," she said. "He had trouble with staff more than he did with the children."
Walcott was ordered to Lincoln Hall by a judge to learn discipline, but was set to return to school in the city soon, she said.
"He was doing good there," she said. "I can't say he's perfect. These kids be into things you don't know about."
A message left with administrators at Lincoln Hall was not immediately returned.
Walcott's niece, Dee, described him as a good-natured kid.
"He had a great smile," she said. "He was sweet. We called him Candyman."
Nathaniel Walcott, 16, left his Brownsville home just before 11 p.m. Monday to get something to eat when he was shot once in the back by an unknown gunman, police said.
Cops found him lying next to his pink bicycle and rushed him to Brookdale Hospital where he died.
The teen had spent the past 18 months at Lincoln Hall, a juvenile delinquent facility in northern Westchester, after getting into "trouble" at school in Brooklyn.
"He came to visit every few weeks," said his father, Charles, 62, a tailor. "He was free to come home which means he was doing good."
The boy's mother, Delores, a retired correction officer, said her son wanted to become a doctor and had never been involved in violence.
"He didn't rob or hurt anybody in his life," she said. "He's never been in a real fight."
She said he had been dismissed from P.S. 327 because of fights he had with teachers.
"He was an outspoken person," she said. "He had trouble with staff more than he did with the children."
Walcott was ordered to Lincoln Hall by a judge to learn discipline, but was set to return to school in the city soon, she said.
"He was doing good there," she said. "I can't say he's perfect. These kids be into things you don't know about."
A message left with administrators at Lincoln Hall was not immediately returned.
Walcott's niece, Dee, described him as a good-natured kid.
"He had a great smile," she said. "He was sweet. We called him Candyman."
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