Crime & Safety
Man Fatally Shot In The Face In East New York, Police Say
Police are looking for the person who shot a 27-year-old man dead on a East New York street corner Thursday night.
EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — A man was fatally shot in the face, chest and arm on a Brooklyn street corner Thursday night, police said.
The 27-year-old man was attacked on Pitkin and Montauk avenues at about 9:35 p.m., said police.
Emergency responders rushed the wounded man to Brookdale Hospital but doctors were unable to save his life, police said.
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Police did not immediately release the man’s name and said no arrests had been made as of Friday morning
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