Crime & Safety
Shooting Outside Smoothie Shop Kills Man In Brooklyn
A fight outside the closed business turned fatal in Fort Greene over the weekend, police said.
FORT GREENE — A 34-year-old man was fatally shot in Fort Greene Saturday after a fight outside a closed smoothie shop, police said.
The man was shot in the neck about 2:15 a.m. Saturday on Lafayette Avenue between Fulton Street and S Portland Avenue, according to the NYPD.
Two men were fighting outside a smoothie shop when one started shooting, according to the New York Daily News.
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He was rushed to an area hospital and pronounced dead as his shooter ran, police said.
There were no arrests Saturday, police said.
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