Crime & Safety
Brooklyn Man Shot Dead In Harlem Street, Cops Say
Jacob Franco, 29, was found shot in the chest on West 128th Street late Friday night, police said.
HARLEM — A Brooklyn man was shot to death in the streets of Harlem late Friday night, police said.
Jacob Franco, 29, was found shot in the chest on West 128th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard about 11:30 p.m., said police.
Medics rushed the wounded man to Harlem Hospital, but doctors could not save his life, according to the NYPD.
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Franco lived in Brownsville at 180 Powell St., police said.
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