Man Shot Dead At Gun Violence Memorial Near Prospect Park: Report

PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN — A man was fatally shot just outside Prospect Park on Sunday after lighting a candle for his neighbor who had been killed just a few days earlier, according to cops and reports.

The 47-year-old was gunned down just after 2 a.m. near Parkside Avenue and Ocean Avenue, at the southeast corner of the park, police said. He was found with two gunshot wounds to the head and was pronounced dead by emergency responders.

Family told the New York Daily News that the man, Paul Pinkney, had gone to the park corner to pay respects to his neighbor, Deshawn Reid, when he was shot sitting on a bench.

"He was out here because another young man died over there,” Pinkney's niece Tyquasia Davis told the News. “He went to go in and light a candle for him and somebody shot him.”

Reid, 28, was shot and killed on Friday afternoon just steps from his home on Ocean Avenue, according to police.

Both shootings come as the city continues to grapple with a spike in gun violence.

There were 32 shooting incidents and 43 victims between Friday and Saturday, according to the News. There have been nearly double the number of shootings across the five boroughs so far this year, when compared to the same period last year, NYPD statistics show.