NEW YORK, NY – A 37-year-old man was found shot inside the Nostrand Houses, a New York City Housing Authority project in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn.
According to police, on Monday, at around 11 pm, officers responded to the complex on Batchelder Street after receiving a 911 call regarding an unconscious male bleeding inside the building.
When police arrived, the located a 37-year-old male victim with a single gunshot wound to the head inside the stairwell on the first floor.
FDNY EMS arrived on the scene for treatment, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
At this time, no suspects have been identified, and no arrests have been made.
The identity of the deceased is pending proper family notification.
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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.