Crime & Safety
5 Teens Wanted In Brownsville Shooting Attack: Cops
The 5 attackers, who are in their late teens, punched, kicked and shot the teenage victim multiple times, police said.

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — Cops are looking for five teenagers who beat up and shot another teen multiple times on Rockaway Avenue on Saturday, they said. At around 7:40 p.m. in front of Crown Pizza and Chicken at 152 Rockaway Ave., five teens approached an 18-year-old and punched, kicked and shot him multiple times and escaped, police said. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he was in stable condition, police said.
The NYPD has released surveillance photos of the five suspects, whom they describe as five men in their late teens. They're asking anyone with information in regards to this incident to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).






Photos via NYPD
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