Crime & Safety
Video Shows Shootout Outside Of Crown Heights Park: Cops
The bullets hit an apartment window and two cars when three people opened fire at each other on Tuesday night, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Bullets rained onto an apartment window and two car windshields when a group opened fire at each other earlier this week in Crown Heights, according to police.
The shootout broke out around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday near Lincoln Place and Buffalo Avenue, a block from Lincoln Terrace/Arthur S. Somers Park, police said.
Three suspects exchanged in the gunfire after a dispute, hitting an apartment window and two car windshields. A fourth suspect had one of the guns, but ultimately passed it off to one of the three who fired the shots, according to police.
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They released video of the incident on Friday:
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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