Crime & Safety

Man Shot In The Head On Bed-Stuy Block, Police Say

A 36-year-old man with gunshot wounds on his head and body was found on Stuyvesant Avenue Thursday evening, police said.

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A man was shot in the head on a Bed-Stuy street Thursday night, police said.

A 36-year-old man was shot dead on Stuyvesant Avenue between Hart and Pulaski streets around 10 p.m. Thursday night, said police.

Emergency responders rushed the man — who had gunshot wounds in his head and body — to Woodhull Hospital but doctors were unable to save his life, said police.

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Police had not released the man’s name as of Friday morning.


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