32-year-old man fatally shot near Barclays Center in Brooklyn

Fourth Avenue near Dean Street, where a 20-year-old man was shot in the chest on Monday, according to police.
Fourth Avenue near Dean Street, where a 20-year-old man was shot in the chest on Monday, according to police. Photo credit Google Street View

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 32-year-old man was shot in the chest just two blocks away from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Monday, according to police.

A person in a blue hoodie shot the man around 3:54 p.m. on Fourth Avenue near Dean Street in Boerum Hill, officials said.

Emergency responders rushed the victim to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police don’t yet know what led to the shooting but said he had a history of arrests for drug and firearm possession.

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