CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A 13-year-old boy was fatally shot in Brooklyn Thursday night, according to the NYPD.
Shots rang out near St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street around 10:30 p.m., police said. The boy, identified by police as Troy Gill, was discovered by officers with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, according to authorities.
Police said he was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Sources told PIX11 News that Gill was on his way home from a Nets game when he was shot.
It's the third fatal shooting in Crown Heights this week alone. A deli worker was shot to death on Monday after he refused to buy a cigar for a customer, according to authorities.
A 33-year-old was shot in the head and killed on McKeever Place on Wednesday, police said.
Police said they don't have a suspect description in the shooting of Gill.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.
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