Two men were shot, one fatally, on a Brooklyn street, contributing to a surprising increase in the number of murders in the area, police said Sunday.
Shots rang out on Osborn St. near Pitkin Ave. in Brownsville, just steps away Howard Houses of NYCHA, Saturday around 11 p.m., police said.
A 30-year-old man was shot multiple times in the chest and a 28-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the hand, police said.
Medics took both to Brookdale University Hospital, where the older man died.
Police are looking for someone who ran north toward the Howard Houses after the shooting.
The killing is the latest in the 73rd Precinct, which has seen a 267% spike in homicides this year, with 11 homicides through May 12, compared to just three at the same point last year. The increase comes despite a 15% drop in homicides citywide so far this year, compared to the same time frame last year.
Nearly one in four of Brooklyn’s 46 homicides through May 12 this year occurred in the precinct, which straddles Brownsville, NYPD statistics show.
