Crime & Safety

Man Shot And Killed In Washington Heights: Police

No arrests were immediately made and the investigation was ongoing, police said.

NEW YORK — A man was shot and killed Saturday night in Washington Heights, according to police.

Officers responded shortly before 11 p.m. to a 911 call about a man shot in the 2900 block of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, and found 47-year-old David Brown with multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen, police said. Brown was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

No arrests were immediately made and the investigation was ongoing, police said.

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