Crime & Safety
Man Shot, Killed In Crown Heights Early Tuesday: Police
The shooting occurred about a block away from where an apparent murder-suicide took place last week, according to authorities.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A man was shot and killed in Crown Heights early Tuesday morning, police said.
A 26-year-old man was shot in the head near Crown Street and Rodgers Avenue just before 2 a.m., according to police.
First responders rushed the victim to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
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The victim's name is being withheld pending family notification, police said.
He was found just about a block away from an earlier shocking act of violent last week when police found a woman and a man dead in an apparent murder-suicide.
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According to the Daily News, the victim was a recent parolee and had been released from Ulster Correctional Facility a year ago.
In 2018, he was convicted on a robbery charge in Brooklyn, according to the Daily News, and had a record of arrests for grand larceny, robbery and assault.
Police said there have been no arrests and that the investigation is still ongoing.
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