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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

NYPD Investigates Two Officer-Involved Shootings In Brooklyn

One man is dead and another woman injured following two separate police involved shootings in Brooklyn. The first happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. Monday as police officers were responding to a call of a burglary in Marine Park. Investigators say when they arrived, police found a man armed with a gun. The man fired at police and a uniformed sergeant returned fire, hitting the man once in the leg. Witnesses say he then ran into the street and shot himself in the head. He has yet to be identified. Residents who spoke with NY1 at the scene say the neighborhood is starting to see a lot more crime. "This has been a great neighborhood for kids and everything. But lately there's a lot of police activities, home invasions, just in a couple of months alone," said one resident." There's some times a younger crowd that circulate the neighborhood -- ya know late teens or so. And, ya know, a lot of them are maybe from out of the neighborhood that might be causing crime to happen out here," said another. Also in Brooklyn, police responded to a call of an emotionally disturbed woman and shot her in the torso when she refused to drop a kitchen knife. She was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

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