Crime & Safety

30-Year-Old Man Shot In Park Slope Robbery: Cops

A 30-year-old man was shot in the chest after two men broke into a basement on Union Street, police said.

A 30-year-old man was shot in the chest after two men broke into a basement on Union Street, police said.
A 30-year-old man was shot in the chest after two men broke into a basement on Union Street, police said. (Matt Troutman/Patch.)

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A 30-year-old man was shot on Sunday during a robbery on Union Street, police said.

The 30-year-old man was shot in the chest after two thieves broke into a basement at a Union Street building near Fourth Avenue around 4:20 p.m. and both took out guns, police said. The thieves took two duffle bags from the basement, though police said the value of what was inside is unknown.

The 30-year-old was taken to the hospital and he is expected to survive, police said.

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One of the suspects was last seen wearing a black jacket, jeans, black bandana, and dark sneakers and the other was last seen in a black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, black boots, blue surgical mask and gloves.

One witness told amNew York that there had been a "weed party" in the Union Street basement at the time of the shooting, but police did not confirm this detail.

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There were no arrests as of Monday afternoon, police said.

The shooting is the second in Park Slope this month and at least the sixth this year in the typically-quiet neighborhood. Last year there were no shooting incident's in the neighborhood's 78th Precinct.

Just a few weeks ago, a 58-year-old Queens man was killed after a shooting near Fourth Avenue.

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