Police Identify Man Killed in Crown Heights Apartment [UPDATE]

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — [Updated at 4:18 p.m. on Tuesday] Police have released the identity of a man killed Saturday night in Crown Heights.

Luis Zuniga, 22, of East New York, died after being shot multiple times in the torso in the 100 block of Kingsborough #1 Walk around 4 a.m. Saturday, according to the NYPD. A 32-year-old man was also shot and injured at the apartment, according to police.

Police officers and EMS responded to the scene and transported Zuniga to Interfaith Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to police. The other man was transported to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, police said.

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing, according to police.

This shooting comes after three men were shot, one fatally, in Crown Heights on Thursday night.

Anyone with information on this shooting can confidentially report it using the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or by anonymously calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

This shooting occurred in the 77th precinct, which covers the northern half of Crown Heights. Through Aug. 28, major crimes were collectively down 2.88 percent in the 77th precinct compared to this time last year, police said.

Additional reporting by John Santore

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