Crime & Safety

Man Shot Dead In Flatbush Street, Police Say

A 43-year-old man was shot in the head near East 49th Street And Avenue D Sunday night, according to police.

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN -- A Brooklyn man was fatally shot in the head Sunday night, police said.

Police found the 43-year-old man, with gunshot wounds in his head and chest, lying in the street near East 49th Street and Avenue D at about 11:10 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Emergency responders rushed the man to Brookdale Hospital where he later died, police said.

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Police had not released the man's name or announced an arrest as of Monday morning.


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