Crime & Safety
2nd Victim Revealed In Brooklyn Shooting That Left Man Dead: Cops
A man who showed up to the hospital shot in the chest earlier this week was one of two victims from a shooting on Remsen Avenue, cops said.
BROOKLYN, NY — A mystery man who showed up at a Brooklyn hospital with a fatal gunshot wound earlier this week was one of two victims from a shooting on Remsen Street, cops discovered.
Police began investigating the death of the 31-year-old man after he was brought to a Brooklyn emergency room just after midnight on Monday. He succumbed to his injuries not long after, according to police.
Soon, police had identified the man as Miles Boppsemple, who lived on Eastern Parkway in Weeksville.
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In the latest update on Wednesday, the NYPD now say Boppsemple was one of two victims from the Monday shooting.
Cops also found a 30-year-old man shot in the back on Remsen Avenue just after midnight Monday, they said. The officers later determined that Boppsemple had been shot in the chest at the same location, but had been taken by private means to the hospital.
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The 30-year-old victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
There were no arrests in the shooting as of Wednesday afternoon.
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