Crime & Safety
Drive-By Shooting Damages Cars In Bed-Stuy: Police
No injuries were reported in the Monday night shooting, officials said.
BED-STUY, NY — A drive-by shooting in Bed-Stuy Monday evening luckily left nobody injured, despite the shooters firing off at least six shots and damaging a number of cars, police said.
The mayhem began about 7:20 p.m. on Franklin and Putnam avenues when people inside a passing white Dodge Charger started shooting from the car, according to police.
Nobody was reported injured in the shooting, but police said they found six bullet shell casings and damage to several parked cars.
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The white Dodge Charger fled west on Putnam Avenue, police said.
People with information are asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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