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She was taken to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s hospital, where she died from her injuries, he said.

“We lost a very special, very talented, and very well-loved young woman,” her family said in a statement on Thursday. “Tess shone bright in this world, and our hearts will never be the same.”

The park where Ms. Majors was killed is in a Harlem precinct that has grown safer over the years, but residents have raised concerns about persistent safety issues in the park — even as the neighborhood around it improved, and playgrounds and ball fields replaced patches that were once strewn with crack vials.

Earlier this year, several people reported they were approached from behind and punched by youths in the park.

While assaults overall have fallen slightly over the last year in that precinct, police data shows, robberies have increased, with many people being targeted for personal electronics, such as Apple AirPods. As of Dec. 8, there had been 20 robberies inside Morningside Park or on its perimeter this year, compared to seven over the same period last year.

Since June, five people reported being robbed on or near the staircase at 116th Street and Morningside, near the spot where Ms. Majors was killed. Recently, the police said, several teenagers were arrested in connection with a pattern of robberies in the area, but officials did not provide additional details.

Still, the killing shocked the college and the city. “It’s terrifying to think that that can happen anywhere,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference on Thursday. “It’s unbelievable to me that that can happen here next to one of our great college campuses.”

Barnard’s president, Sian Leah Beilock, wrote in a campuswide letter sent late Wednesday night: “Tessa was just beginning her journey at Barnard and in life. We mourn this devastating murder of an extraordinary young woman and member of our community.”