Crime & Safety
Video: Man Shot Outside Flatbush Barbershop
Surveillance video shows a man firing a gun hidden in his pocket at another man's stomach near a Clarendon Road barbershop, police said.
FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — Surveillance cameras captured video of a man shooting another man with a gun hidden in his pocket in front of a Flatbush barbershop on Friday, police said.
The two men began arguing outside Fifth Unisex Salon at 2177 Clarendon Road around 10:40 p.m. on Feb. 9, police said.
Video shows the shooter taking a step back and looking away as he blasts is 32-year-old victim in the stomach, then turning and slowly walking away.
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The 32-year-old staggers and flees after a bright light flashes from the suspect’s pocket.
Emergency responders rushed the bleeding man to Kings County Hospital where he was treated and released, said police.
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Investigators are now looking for the shooter, whom they describe as a man in his early 30s, standing about 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing about 220 pounds, sporting a goatee, hoodie, a wool hat, jeans and black gloves.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
Photo and video courtesy of the NYPD.
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