Boy shot: 11-year-old boy shot in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; the police are looking for the gunman
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) — An 11-year-old boy was shot and injured in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Gunshots were heard in the 300 block of Howard Avenue around 11 p.m. Monday.
The young man was rushed to the Maimónides Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the left forearm.
Police worked into the early hours of Tuesday taking photographs and collecting evidence.
At one point, police bagged what appeared to be a sweatshirt in the middle of the sidewalk.
Detectives recovered bullet casings from the third floor of the apartment building, leading investigators to believe the boy was shot in the hallway.
It is unclear at this time what sparked the violence.
The search for the gunman continues.
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