Police Searching For Man Tied to Fatal East NY Shooting

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EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man (pictured above) connected to the May 8 shooting death of Brownsville resident Ramel King.

On that day, police found King, 33, at about 2:30 a.m. at the intersection of Williams Place and Atlantic Avenue, according to the NYPD.

He had been shot in the chest, police said, and was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Anyone with information on the man's whereabouts or this crime can confidentially report it via the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or anonymously call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

This alleged crime took place in the NYPD's 75th Precinct. According to official police statistics, through May 8, major crimes in the 75th were collective down about two percent compared to the same time period last year.

A total of 10 homicides were reported in the 75th through May 8, the same number as during that period in 2015.