Crime & Safety

Crown Heights Man Shot Dead Outside Home, Police Say

Argenis Cabrera was shot dead on the sidewalk outside his Union Street home early Tuesday morning, police said.

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A man was shot dead outside his Crown Heights home early Tuesday morning, police said.

Argenis Cabrera, 33, was fatally shot in the chest outside his Union Street home between Troy and Schenectady avenues at about 2:50 a.m., said police.

Emergency responders rushed Cabrera to Kings County Hospital but doctors were unable to save his life, police said.

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NBC New York reported that the shooter fired from a black car, then sped off and crashed into another car on the corner of Schenectady Avenue and Union Street.

Two men jumped out of the car and ran away on foot, according to the NBC report.

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