Brooklyn Man Shot And Killed Near His Brownsville Home
A 21-year-old man was fatally shot near his Brooklyn home.
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A 21-year-old man was fatally shot near his Brooklyn home.
Ronald Wallace was shot once in the back just before 1 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Tapscott Street and Blake Avenue in Brownsville, police said.
The shooting happened just before 1 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Tapscott Street and Blake Avenue in Brownsville.
Bullets grazed a 16-year-old boy, an 18-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. Witnesses said another 16-year-old boy ran around the corner and was shot in the arm.
Police announced that they have arrested two men in connection with a shooting that wounded six people in Brooklyn.
The shooting occurred near the intersection of Rockaway and Riverdale avenues just after 7 p.m. Sunday while several children were playing in the street.
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The shooting happened near the intersection of Rockaway and Riverdale avenues just after 7 p.m. Sunday as several children were outside playing on the street.
Six people have been taken to area hospitals following a shooting in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.
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Police said the victim, 23-year-old Donte Slade, was found at his home on Herzl Street with a gunshot wound to the back. He had been involved in a dispute when he was shot by an unidentified man, authorities said.
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The victims told police the suspects were armed and wearing ski masks when they entered the Brownsville apartment.
Brownsville had been terrorized since last year by violent territorial disputes between the Wave Gang and Hood Stars, the Brooklyn district attorney's office said.
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Zurana Horton died instantly when bullets hit her in the face and chest, but thanks to her, 11-year-old Cheanne McKnight was only shot in the cheek and arm.
Zurana Horton, 34, was killed in crossfire Friday afternoon as she was picking up her child from P.S. 298 in Brownsville. Witnesses at the scene said the woman was pregnant. Another woman and 11-year-old girl were also hurt.
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