Crime & Safety

WATCH: Bed-Stuy Barbershop Shooter Steals Stranger's Gun, Fires Into Shop

Surveillance video shows one man take another man's gun and shoot several shots into the barbershop.

BED-STUY, NY — Cops are looking for two men they believe shot a 23-year-old man in the leg at Dons & Divas Barbership on Nostrand Avenue the night of Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Surveillance video shows that around 10:18 p.m. one man took a handgun from another man's jacket pocket and fired several shots into the barbershop.

Cops describe the first suspect as a 19- or 20-year-old 6'2'' black man. He was last seen wearing a black and white jacket, light pants, and a dark hooded sweater, cops said.

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The other suspect is described as a black man last seen wearing a blue hooded sweater and light pants.

The victim suffered a gunshot wound to his left leg and was taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition, cops said.

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Anyone with information in regards 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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

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