Crime & Safety

East New York Shooting: Pair Found Riddled With Bullets In Car, Police Say

The 27-year-old man and 23-year-old woman were found dead in a car parked on Cleveland Street early Friday morning, police said.

EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN β€” A man and woman were shot dead in a red Dodge Durango in East New York early Friday morning, police said.

Devon Hannibal, 27, of Canarsie, was found in the driver's seat and Christina Stubbs, 23, of Florida, was in the passenger seat of the Dodge parked in front of 865 Cleveland St. around 4:45 a.m., said police.

Emergency responders found Hannibal's body riddled with bullets and Stubbs with a single gunshot wound, according to police.

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NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told DNAinfo the pair had been to a "Mesh, Whips and Chains" party at the nearby Linden Hall before the shooting.

No arrests had been made as of Friday morning.

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