A 39-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday night in a Brooklyn neighborhood policed by the 75th Precinct, which has seen an upsurge in gun violence this year, police said.
The victim was struck in the arm and leg outside a bodega at 2520 Linden Boulevard in East New York around 7:45 p.m., cops said. He was hospitalized in stable condition.
The shooting was just the most recent in the 75th boundary, where a series of summer gunfire brought back memories of the area’s bloody past.
“I never thought I would live in this neighborhood,” said Karen Niles, a resident near the scene of the shooting. “I remember when it was called ‘the killing field.’ It’s not good.”
The daylight shooting left a trail of blood from where the victim was shot to the Cypress Hill Houses across the street.
A bullet also pierced the wheel arch of a gray Nissan Murano parked in front of the bodega.
Shootings at the compound were up 26.3% through Sunday, compared to the same time last year.
Since the start of the summer, shootings at the compound have doubled – up 100% – in the previous 28 days, compared to 2021.
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