Crime & Safety

4 Sent To Hospital After Late-Night Shooting In Bed-Stuy: Cops

Police are searching for three gunmen they say opened fire near Marcy and Lexington avenues on Saturday.

Police are searching for three gunmen they say opened fire near Marcy and Lexington avenues on Saturday.
Police are searching for three gunmen they say opened fire near Marcy and Lexington avenues on Saturday. (NYPD.)

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Four people landed in the hospital over the weekend after a group opened fire on a street in Bed-Stuy, according to police.

The three gunmen shot multiple times near the corner of Marcy and Lexington avenues just after midnight on Saturday, police said.

The bullets hit a 27-year-old man in his left leg, a 26-year-old man in his right arm, 21-year-old man in his buttocks and an 18-year-old man in his foot, police said. All four were taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.

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The shooters, who police released photos of Sunday, fled after the shooting in a dark-color four-door sedan, police said. They were last seen heading north on Marcy Avenue.

Here is a photo of the suspects:

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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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

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