Crime & Safety

BK Man Fatally Shot In East Flatbush: NYPD

Anthony Lancaster, of Brownsville, was found with two gunshot wounds to his back and one gunshot to the head, police said.

EMS responded to the scene and pronounced Lancaster dead, police said.
EMS responded to the scene and pronounced Lancaster dead, police said. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A 40-year-old man was shot and killed in East Flatbush, police said.

The incident happened on Saturday, April 20, at about 2:12 a.m., when police responded to a call of shots fired in the vicinity of Clarkson Avenue and East 52 Street.

At the scene, officers found Anthony Lancaster, of Brownsville, with two gunshot wounds to his back and one gunshot to the head, police said.

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EMS responded to the scene and pronounced Lancaster dead.

There have been no arrests, and an investigation remains ongoing, police said.

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