Two Shot Sunday, One Dead in East New York: NYPD

• Pictured: the sidewalk in front of 797 Linwood St. Image via Google Maps

NEW LOTS, BROOKLYN — Two men were shot and one was killed Sunday outside a New Lots home, according to the NYPD.

On June 12, police responded to a call just before 3 a.m. reporting a shooting outside 797 Linwood St., police said.

At the scene, officers found a 32-year-old man shot in his left hand, and a 22-year-old man shot three times in his left leg, according to the NYPD.

Both men were taken to Brookdale Hospital, where the younger man was pronounced dead, police said.

The names of the victims had not been released as of Monday morning, pending family notification.

Police said the 22-year-old lived at the Linwood Street address of the shooting, an NYPD spokesman said. The 32-year-old man lived in Manhattan.

An investigation into the shooting is ongoing, and no arrests had been made as of Monday morning, according to the NYPD.

Anyone with information on this alleged shooting 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 June 5, major crimes in the 75th were collectively down about 1.3 percent compared to the same time period last year.

A total of 10 homicides had been reported in the precinct through June 5, compared to 12 during the same period the previous year.

Through June 5, 19 shootings had resulted in 22 victims, compared to 30 shootings with 33 victims during the same period in 2015.