Crime & Safety
Crown Heights Drive-By Shooting Caught On Video: Cops
Surveillance video caught the moment a man was nearly shot getting out of a car near Prospect Place and Buffalo Avenue, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A drive-by shooting in Crown Heights last week was caught on surveillance video.
Police released footage late Sunday of the moment at 36-year-old man was nearly shot getting out of a car near Prospect Place and Buffalo Avenue on Tuesday, March 23.
The man was standing in front of a double-parked white BMW around 8:45 p.m. when a dark-colored SUV drove up and fired a shot from the rear passenger-side window, police said.
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The bullet missed the man and struck the rear driver-side window of the BMW, police said. The 36-year-old was not injured.
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 Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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