An ex-con and a 16-year-old boy are arrested for shooting and injuring two teenagers near a Brooklyn high school.

Police said Wednesday that a former prisoner and a 16-year-old boy were arrested for shooting and injuring two teenagers near a Brooklyn high school.

Usman Diallo, 21, has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting two 18-year-old boys at a grocery store on 36th Street near Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

Police officers grabbed Diallo and a 16-year-old boy as they tried to escape on a city bus. According to a police source, the gun that was fired was found under one of the suspect’s seats.

Diallo, a member of the Crips, lives in Crown Heights, police said. He’s on probation for the August shooting in Brooklyn.

The boy, who was not named due to his age, was charged with possession of a weapon.

According to the store manager, the victims hung out inside 952 Deli and Express, across the street from PS 371 Lillian L. Rashkis School in Sunset Park, where they regularly go for lunch.

While the victims were initially thought to have been enrolled at Lillian L. Rashkis High School, police said on Wednesday that no one involved in the shooting had ties to the school.

“The shooter just walked in and started shooting. He didn’t say anything,” Damag Sufyan, a 32-year-old deli manager, told Daily News on Tuesday. “It was like fireworks”

“One of the kids dove over the counter,” he added. “The other just walked around bleeding. They shouted, “I got shot! I got shot! Call 911!”

The victims were shot in the shoulder and treated at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn.

Deli workers said the victims got into an argument with other teenagers outside the deli on Monday.

The suspects’ charges were pending in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Wednesday.

The incident was the latest in a worrying spate of youth violence that led school principal David Banks to call the situation a “state of emergency” in January.

He argued that the schools themselves were safe, attributing the spike in crime to post-school conflicts.

Last month, the city sent additional police officers to cover schools as well as nearby bus stops and train stations during layoffs. Site superintendents were ordered to meet with principals weekly to discuss “important matters”, a policy that was confirmed in a follow-up call to school leaders.

Last year, 157 victims under the age of 18 were either killed or injured by gunfire, up 15% from 2021, when not all students returned to school buildings after closures during the pandemic era, New York Police figures show. York.