NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say they’ve arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of violently bullying a 9-year-old boy at a Brooklyn public housing complex.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea tweeted Thursday that “the child is now safe and the subject has been apprehended.”

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This type of behavior is a direct result of communities and schools failure to build a safe and secure environment for all. Too often small compromises have been made resulting in a progression of behavior that results in events like the one mentioned or in more serious and tragic events that could end up with a school shooting or a suicide. Work needs to be done by all in building safer and more secure communities and schools.