Crime & Safety
96-Year-Old Man In Wheelchair Shot In Crown Heights: NYPD
The man was sitting across the street from the shooter when a bullet hit him in the ankle, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A nonagenarian in a wheelchair was shot in a broad daylight shooting Monday, police said.
The 96-year-old was sitting in his wheelchair near Bergen Street and Rochester Avenue about 9:30 a.m. when he took a bullet to the ankle, police said.
First responders brought the victim to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, police said.
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The suspected shooter took off on foot towards the direction of the nearby Kingsboro Houses, police said, and no arrests had been made as of 4:20 p.m. Monday.
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