Crime & Safety

Man Shot Dead Outside Brooklyn's Farragut Houses, Police Say

The man was found in the street with a gunshot wound, police said.

VINEGAR HILL, BROOKLYN – A man was shot and killed in front of the Farragut Houses in Downtown Brooklyn Wednesday, police said.

Melquain Henderson, 27, was found lying in the street in front of 190 York Street at 10:46 p.m. with a gunshot wound to the chest. Henderson, who lived nearby on Sands Street, was taken to Brooklyn Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The were no arrests as of Thursday afternoon, according to the NYPD.

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