Skip to content

Condition: Post with Page_List

Listen
Search
Please enter at least 3 characters.

Latest Stories

Man fatally shot while sitting in car during the afternoon in Brooklyn

East Williamsburg shooting
Citizen App

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A man was shot and killed as he sat in a car on a Brooklyn street on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

The 37-year-old, identified as Ricardo Pena, was shot on Bushwick Avenue, near Powers Street, in East Williamsburg around 2:30 p.m., police said.


Police sources told the Daily News that Pena was sitting in a gold Kia sedan when a gunman came up and shot him in the face. He was shot again when he got out of the vehicle, according to the sources.

Police said Pena was rushed to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Man Killed in Williamsburg Shooting @CitizenApp

Powers St & Bushwick Ave Yesterday 2:44:44 PM EDT

Citizen App video shows Bushwick Avenue cordoned off with police tape as detectives investigate near Pena's Kia.

Friends and relatives told the Daily News that Pena was a hardworking father who was expecting a granddaughter soon.

"He was kind and had a big heart," his younger brother said. "We don't know who would do this to him."

No arrests have been made in the shooting. Police have not yet released surveillance images of a suspect.