Crime & Safety
Victim From Brooklyn Double Shooting Dies In Hospital, Cops Say
The 43-year-old, one of two men shot over the weekend in Flatbush, died on Monday, police said.
BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn double shooting has been deemed a homicide after one of the victims died on Monday, according to police.
Lequan Jackson, 43, died in the Kings County Hospital the day after he was shot in the head and torso near Flatbush Avenue and Beverley Road around 1 a.m. on Sunday, police said.
Another victim, a 45-year-old man, was shot in the left arm and right thigh during the shooting. He was in stable condition at the hospital as of Tuesday morning, according to police.
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Jackson lived in East Flatbush, about a mile and a half away from where he was shot, records show.
There were no arrests in the case as of Tuesday morning, police said.
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