Crime & Safety

Man Shot, Killed In Crown Heights: NYPD

Police found Oshea Barnes, 25, late Tuesday with a fatal gunshot wound to his chest, authorities said.

Police found Oshea Barnes, 25, late Tuesday with a fatal gunshot wound to his chest, authorities said.
Police found Oshea Barnes, 25, late Tuesday with a fatal gunshot wound to his chest, authorities said. (Courtesy of Tim Lee)

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A Crown Heights man died after being shot in the chest late Tuesday, police said.

Oshea Barnes, 25, was found fatally wounded in front of a Bergen Street building near his New York Avenue home, authorities said. Medics rushed him to Kings County Health, where doctors pronounced him dead.

The shooting occurred at about 10:31 p.m., when NYPD received a call about Barnes.

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No suspects have been arrested as of Wednesday morning and the investigation remains active, authorities said.

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