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Police say a missing teenager has been found murdered on a train track a few steps from New York College.

A teenager who went missing from his Brooklyn home this week was found dead the next day on the tracks of a freight train with a gunshot wound to the head, police said Friday.

DeAndre Matthews, 19, has not been seen since leaving his home on East 56th Street near Linden Boulevard in East Flatbush around 5:45 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

Less than 24 hours later, police found Matthews, with “significant body burns” and a gunshot wound to the head, lying on the tracks of a freight train about three miles from Nostrand Avenue – a few steps from the Brooklyn College campus, police said.


Police say a missing teenager has been found murdered on a train track a few steps from New York College.
DeAndre Matthews, 19, was found dead on the tracks of a freight train near 2236 Nostrand Ave.
NYPD

An aerial view of the site where Matthews' body was found.
Matthews’ death was ruled a homicide, although no arrests were made on Friday.

Matthews, who also showed signs of smoke inhalation, died at the scene.

On Friday, police confirmed that his death had been ruled a homicide.

The circumstances leading to his death were not immediately known, and by Friday morning no arrests had been made.

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