Crime & Safety

Fatal Shooting at Fort Greene Houses: [UPDATE]

Victim, 21, declared dead on arrival at Brooklyn Hospital.

Update, 12:03 a.m.: The man shot Tuesday night at Fort Greene Houses was later declared dead at Brooklyn Hospital, according to police. 

Police described him as a 21-year-old black male.

The shooting is the second homicide in 2012 for the 88th Precinct, which covers Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

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No arrests have been made.

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A man was shot at Fort Greene Houses at approximately 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to the New York Police Department.

According to police, the man was transported to . His condition is not yet known.

The incident, which occurred in the vicinity of 48 Monument Walk, comes less than a month after a young man in front of his building at Whitman Houses during an argument.

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