Crime & Safety

2 Women Shot Were Walking By Large Flatbush Fight: Cops

Police released photos Tuesday of the young man in his late teens who may have shot two women in Flatbush Monday evening.

Police released photos Tuesday of the young man in his late teens who may have shot two women in Flatbush Monday evening.
Police released photos Tuesday of the young man in his late teens who may have shot two women in Flatbush Monday evening. (NYPD)

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — A rowdy fight on a Flatbush street corner turned violent when one man whipped out a gun and shot two women who happened to be walking by, police said.

Police released photos Tuesday of the young man they believe show a 26-year-old woman in the leg and a50-year-old woman in the arm on East 21 Street and Ditmas Avenue about 5:50 p.m. Monday night.

The women, both taken to Kings County Hospital, said they saw a large group of men arguing when someone started firing at them, said police.

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The alleged gunman, whom police describe as a thin young man in his late teens, can be seen wearing a black baseball cap and hoodie in surveillance footage.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.

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