Crime & Safety

Bed-Stuy Gunman Critically Injured Man During Fight: Cops

Police are looking for the gunman who shot a man on Nostrand Avenue last Sunday.

Police are looking for the gunman who shot a man on Nostrand Avenue last Sunday.
Police are looking for the gunman who shot a man on Nostrand Avenue last Sunday. (NYPD)

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for the gunman who critically injured a man during a street fight on a Bed-Stuy corner.

The man began fighting with his 30-year-old victim on Herkimer Place and Nostrand Avenue about 4 a.m. on Aug. 4, police said.

He suddenly whipped out a gun, shot the 30-year-old in the torso and ran away, said police.

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Emergency responders rushed the critically injured man to Kings County Hospital, according to police.

The NYPD released photos of a suspect this weekend. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.

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