Man Wanted For Kingsland Ave. Shooting On Christmas Eve: Cops

EAST WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN —Police are looking for a man that may be connected to a Christmas Eve shooting on Kingsland Avenue.

Just before 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve, police said two people fired several shots at each other in front of 23 Kingsland Avenue before fleeing from the area. There were no injuries reported from the incident, police said.

The man in the photos was seen shortly after the shooting running eastbound on Withers Street.

He is wanted as a person of interest in the incident of reckless endangerment. Police described him as a dark-skinned male with a beard who was last seen wearing a black knit cap, a black hooded sweater, blue jeans and dark colored sneakers.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

Photo provided by NYPD.