Crime & Safety

Man Shot In Neck During Bed-Stuy Fight, Cops Say

An argument turned violent in Bed Stuy's Marcy Houses Sunday night and a 20-year-old man was shot in the neck, police said.

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN -- A young man was shot in the neck Sunday night when an argument in the Marcy Houses became violent, police said.

The 20-year-old man was arguing with a man in his 20s near Marcy and Park avenues when the fight escalated at about 10:30 p.m., police said.

The man in his 20s whipped out a gun, shot the 20-year-old in the neck and torso and then ran away, said police.

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Emergency responders rushed the 20-year-old in stable condition to Woodhull Hospital, police said.

The gunman had not been found as of Monday morning.

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