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    Brooklyn gunfire hits one man three times, another is shot in the back

    By Kerry Burke, Liam Quigley, New York Daily News,

    2024-03-16
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    NYPD at the scene where two people were shot at on Fulton St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.(Sam Costanza for the New York Daily News} Sam Costanza/New York Daily News/TNS

    Two men hanging out in the courtyard of an apartment building in Brooklyn were shot multiple times Friday afternoon, police said.

    The two men, 19 and 21, were shot just after 6 p.m. near 1778 Fulton St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant , said cops.

    EMS rushed the two men to Kings County Hospital. Both men were expected to survive, cops said.

    Eight shell casings were scattered on the sidewalk as police investigated Friday evening .

    The 21-year-old was shot in the buttocks, left thigh, and left calf, cops said. The 19-year-old was shot in the back.

    “One kid was pulling himself across the floor. He played dead and he tried to get up but he wasn’t able to,” said a witness to the shooting who asked not to named.

    “His body wasn’t working right. I’d be surprised if he ever walks again,” the man said.

    Police said they were still looking for the shooter late Friday.

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    Comments / 7

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    Darren
    03-16
    Need more Laws against landlords and toll evasion to stop the shootings.
    Farrukh Abu Bakr
    03-16
    kings county hospital everyday see dead people who's suffering from shooting,smh crazy,I think even doctors sometimes they want change there job because everyday someone fucked up
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