NYPD: 1 dead, 1 injured in Brownsville double shooting near playground
Officers found a 42-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his stomach at the scene.
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Police say a double shooting near a playground in Brownsville left one man dead and put another in the hospital.
They say it happened just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday outside of 160 Glenmore Ave.
Sources close to the investigation say the shooting happened at an outdoor party.
When police arrived, they said they saw a 41-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds to the leg and a 42-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the stomach. They say both were taken to the hospital where the 42-year-old later died and the 41-year-old is still recovering.
Video shows police investigating inside Powell Playground.
News 12 spoke with residents like Eva Torres who were saddened to hear about the shooting.
"Whatever the reason was that caused you to take a person's life and shoot another person is careless," said Torres.
Police say no arrests have been made.
