Man Fatally Shot Seven Times In The Chest And Legs, Police Say

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — A man who was shot seven times in the legs and chest on a Bushwick Street Wednesday night has died, police said.

The 29-year-old man was found lying on Moore Street near Bushwick Avenue around 11:30 p.m. — around the same time police found another man with a bleeding hand near 85 Varet Street, two blocks away, police said.

Both men were rushed to Kings County Hospital, one in critical and the other in stable condition, police said.

The man who was shot died from his injuries in the hospital, according to police.

The man with the hand wound has refused to cooperate with police but the investigation remains ongoing, police said.

An earlier version of this story, published before police announced the 29-year-old had died, stated that the man had survived his injuries.

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