NEW YORK, NY – Police are investigating a murder that took place Monday morning in Canarsie. At around 10 am, police officers with the 69th Precinct in Brooklyn responded to the area of 56 Paerdegat 1 Street after receiving a 911 call regarding a male that had been shot.
Upon arrival, police located the 20-year-old man who had multiple gunshot wounds to his back and arms.
EMS treated the victim at the scene and transported him to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.
No arrests have been made at this time. The victim’s identity was not released pending notification of next of kin.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.