Crime & Safety
Man Stabbed To Death In Crown Heights
Police found a 46-year-old man with a stab wound in his chest Tuesday evening in Weeksville, NYPD said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A 46-year-old man died after being stabbed in the chest Tuesday evening, authorities said.
The man was unconscious and unresponsive when NYPD officers found him near Lincoln Place and Ralph Avenue, police said. He had a stab wound to his chest, authorities said.
Medics rushed him to Kings County Hospital where doctors later pronounced him deceased.
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Police hadn't released the man's name or information on a suspect as of Wednesday morning.
The stabbing was first reported by a 911 call at 7:35 p.m. It happened at 1606 Lincoln Place in Crown Heights' Weeksville section, authorities said.
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An investigation is ongoing, police said.
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