Man Gunned Down Near Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, Police Say

BROOKLYN, NY — A dispute near Brooklyn’s Prospect Park ended in gunfire Wednesday night, leaving a man dead, police said.

Ramel Ingram, 24, was allegedly fleeing his attacker when he was shot multiple times in the chest around 8:45 p.m. outside a building near Crooke and Ocean Avenues in Flatbush — just two blocks from Prospect Park, police said.

Police found Ingram bleeding at the scene, and medics rushed him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, where he was pronounced dead.

One person was taken into custody after the shooting, and a firearm was recovered at the scene, an NYPD spokesperson said.

Charges are still pending as of Thursday morning, and the investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information in regard to the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).