Crime & Safety
Bed-Stuy Man Shot Dead In Building Lobby, Police Say
Rasheed Bennett was fatally shot inside the Roosevelt Houses lobby on Lewis and DeKalb avenues Monday afternoon, police said.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A Bed-Stuy man was shot dead Monday in the lobby of the public housing development he called home, according to police.
Rasheed Bennett, 31, took a bullet to the chest inside the Roosevelt Houses on Lewis and DeKalb avenues just before 2:50 p.m., police said.
Emergency responders rushed Bennett to Woodhull Hospital but doctors were unable to save his life, said police.
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No arrests had been made as of Tuesday morning.
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