Crime & Safety

Man Shot Dead In Gowanus, Police Say

He was killed early Thursday morning, according to police.

GOWANUS, BROOKLYN — A man was shot dead in Gowanus early Thursday morning, police said.

Shortly before 4 a.m., officers rushed to the corner of Bond and Baltic streets, behind the Gowanus Houses, according to the NYPD.

There, they found a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his chest, police said. He was taken to Brooklyn Hospital and pronounced dead, police said.

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No one was arrested in connection with the killing.

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