Man killed, two others injured in triple shooting outside NYC public housing complex

A man was killed and two others wounded in a triple shooting outside of a public housing complex in Brooklyn on Monday, police said.

The gunfire erupted near NYCHA’s Lafayette Gardens Houses on Dekalb Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, at around 5:20 p.m., according to the NYPD.

A 32-year-old man who was shot in the head was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 26-year-old man was also shot in the abdomen and shoulder while a 33-year-old sustained a gunshot wound to the torso, cops said.

Crime scene on Lafayette Avenue near Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn showing a hat on the ground after a triple shooting
Crime scene on Lafayette Avenue near Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn showing a hat abandoned on the ground following a triple shooting. Peter Gerber

Both surviving men were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in critical condition.

No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing, according to the NYPD.

A group of people standing around an ambulance at a crime scene on Lafayette Avenue near Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn
Emergency personnel standing around an ambulance at a triple shooting crime scene on Lafayette Avenue near Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. Peter Gerber

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