Crime & Safety

Man Shot In Head And Killed In East Flatbush, NYPD Says

The man was shot outside an apartment building on E. 51st St.

FLATBUSH, NY – A man was shot in the head and killed outside an East Flatbush apartment building Tuesday night, police said.

The 27-year-old was injured outside 412 E. 51st St. at 10:23 p.m. He was taken to Kings County Hospital where he died, police said.

The man hadn't been named by the NYPD by Wednesday morning and there had been no arrests.

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