Two men were wounded, one fatally, in a spray of bullets during a gathering in a Brooklyn playground early Sunday, police said.
The victims were hanging out in Powell Playground on Glenmore Ave. near Powell St. in Brownsville when shots rang out about 12:35 a.m., police said.
Medics rushed a 42-year-old man shot in the stomach to Brookdale University Hospital but he could not be saved. His name was not immediately released.
A 41-year-old man blasted multiple times in his legs was taken to the same hospital in stable condition, cops said.
No arrests have been made.
The killing comes amid a sharp drop in homicides and shootings in Brooklyn’s 73rd Precinct, which saw just two slayings through July 27, compared to 14 in the same time period last year, an 86% drop. Shootings are down more than 40% in the precinct this year, NYPD stats show.
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