Crime & Safety
Brooklyn Shootings Claim 3 Lives In 1 Hour, Police Say
Three men were killed in less than an hour in Brooklyn Tuesday night, police said.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Three men were killed in two shootings during one violent hour in Brooklyn Tuesday night, police said.
Arsenio Gravesande, 28, took a bullet to the hip during an argument on the corner of Union Street and Sutter Avenue in Brownsville about 9:20 p.m., police said.
Police rushed the Browsville man, who lived less than a block from where he was shot, to Brookdale Hospital but doctors were unable to save his life, according to the NYPD.
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Less than an hour later, a 27-year-old was shot in the stomach and a 38-year-old was shot in the head on the corner of Neptune Avenue and West 19th Street in Coney Island, said police.
Both men, whom police did not immediately identify, were rushed to Coney Island Hospital where they later died, according to police.
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No arrests had been made in either case as of Wednesday morning, police said.
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