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🌱 Park Slope Subway Rider Dies + Brooklyn Crime Sprees

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Here are the top stories in Brooklyn today:

  1. A man was killed on Sunday evening when he was walking between two subway cars and slipped and fell onto the tracks. The unidentified man was going between to F train cars in Park Slope near the Seventh Avenue subway station. First responders rushed to the location, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. (Patch)
  2. In the span of about one hour, three separate crime sprees left a handful of victims with gunshot and stab wounds. At about 3:15 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, multiple suspects fled after a shooting on Pitkin Avenue in East New York. Roughly a dozen blocks away one hour later, a 29-year-old man was shot by a suspect allegedly known by the victim. In Crown Heights at about 4 p.m., officers were investigating a shooting at an Indian restaurant. (NBC New York)
  3. Several trains were delayed across the city during rush hour on Monday morning, disrupting many morning commutes. Both F and G train were running through Brooklyn with "extensive delays" according to the MTA. The service issues were caused by a loss of power that caused signal problems at Church Avenue. (Spectrum News NY1)

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