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1 dead, 1 wounded after double shooting in Chelsea

1 dead after Chelsea double shooting 00:22

NEW YORK -- Police are investigating a double shooting in Chelsea that left one man dead.

It happened just after 10 p.m. Tuesday on Ninth Avenue near 19th Street and the Fulton Houses.

Two men were struck. One is in stable condition, but the other -- identified as 31-year-old Kenneth Williams -- was hit in the abdomen and pronounced dead at the hospital.

Police are now looking for the shooter, who took off from the scene.

It's unclear what led to the shooting.

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