Man Shot On Kingston Ave In Crown Heights Shabbos Afternoon

by CrownHeights.info

Update: Reports indicate that the person shot was in a vehicle parked on Kingston Ave in front of the location. No arrests have yet been made in the incident.

Kingston Avenue is blocked off by the police tonight between Lincoln Place and S. Johns as they investigate a shooting that took place this afternoon.

According to preliminary reports, a man was shot in the head at 261 Kingston Ave around 5:00pm Shabbos afternoon. Officer arrived and reported that a suspect identified as a black male wearing a black hat, black hoodie sweatshirt and jeans ran southbound on Kingston Ave to Eastern Parkway as he fled the scene of the shooting.

The man was transported to the hospital by NYC EMS, with Hatzalah’s services not needed in this incident.

Local WhatsApp groups in the community have reported the incident, noting that witnesses say that three shots were heard during the incident.

The NYPD Crime Scene Investigation Unit was on scene at the end of Shabbos.