Man, 54, fatally shot in chest in Brooklyn

Police investigate after a 54-year-old man was shot and killed outside 751 Monroe St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon.
Police investigate after a 54-year-old man was shot and killed outside 751 Monroe St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. Photo credit Citizen App

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — Police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a 54-year-old man in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon.

Officers responded to an assault in progress at 751 Monroe St., near Patchen Avenue, just before 4 p.m.

Upon arrival, police were told that a 54-year-old man was shot in the chest.

He was transported by EMS to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County where he was pronounced dead from his injuries.

There have been no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.

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