Man Shot While Waiting For The Bus In Crown Heights: Cops

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police are asking the public's help to find a man involved in a non-fatal shooting from late February.

The shooting broke out just after 8 p.m. while a 59-year-old man was waiting for the bus on the corner of Kingston Avenue and St. Johns Place in Crown Heights, according to police.

The shooter came up to the man and opened fire at him before fleeing. The 59-year-old was taken to the hospital with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen and has since been treated and released, police said.

No property was taken during the incident, which police are investigating as an assault.

Police released photos over the weekend of the person of interest, who was caught on surveillance video before the shooting, according to police.

He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black hooded sweat shirt, black sweat pants, a black surgical mask, a grey colored knit cap with the words POLO on the front, and black sneakers.

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.