Crime & Safety

Man Shot Dead At Bushwick Playground In Broad Daylight, Cops Say

One man was killed and two others injured at Bushwick Playground early Thursday evening, police said.

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — Two men were shot and a third shot dead in a Bushwick playground in broad daylight, said police.

Bullets went flying across Bushwick Playground near Knickerbocker Avenue and Madison Street at about 6:35 p.m., said police.

Emergency responders found a 20-year-old shot in the back and elbow, another 20-year-old with a graze wound on his arm, and a 21-year-old shot in the back, police said.

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Medics rushed the 20-year-olds, both in stable condition, to Brookdale Hospital and the 21-year-old to Wyckoff Hospital where he later died, said police.

The young man’s name was not immediately released.

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