Crime & Safety
Video Shows Gunmen Killing 16-Year-Old In East New York
Police have released surveillance footage of two men shooting a teenager in the back outside the Linden Houses earlier in November.
EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — Two men can be seen fatally shooting a 16-year-old in the back on surveillance footage released by police Tuesday.
Video shows two men standing outside 245 Wortman Ave. on Nov. 4 around 7:15 moments before one of them pulls up his arm and squeezes the trigger of his gun, according to police.
The gunman fires two shots that send smoke billowing into the air before he and his companion race away.
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Emergency responders later rushed the 16-year-old to Brookdale Hospital but doctors were unable to save his life, said police.
Police are now looking for the two men seen in the video, whom they describe as being between of 16- and 24-years old.
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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
Photo and video courtesy of the NYPD
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