<P> Doc delivers getaway money and Anita 's message to Tony who then bursts into street , yelling for Chino to kill him too . Maria arrives and they run to each other in the middle of the playground . Just before they embrace , Chino shoots Tony and he dies in Maria 's arms . Maria takes the gun from Chino and blames the deaths of Riff , Bernardo , and Tony on all of them and their hate for each other . Schrank , Krupke , and Doc arrive as the Jets and Sharks , together , carry Tony 's body away , forming a funeral procession with Maria following . The police arrest Chino and lead him away . </P>
<P> Doc delivers getaway money and Anita 's message to Tony who then bursts into street , yelling for Chino to kill him too . Maria arrives and they run to each other in the middle of the playground . Just before they embrace , Chino shoots Tony and he dies in Maria 's arms . Maria takes the gun from Chino and blames the deaths of Riff , Bernardo , and Tony on all of them and their hate for each other . Schrank , Krupke , and Doc arrive as the Jets and Sharks , together , carry Tony 's body away , forming a funeral procession with Maria following . The police arrest Chino and lead him away . </P>
where did tony die in west side story
where did tony die in west side story
the middle of the playground
the middle of the playground