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Shooting on Franklin between Park and Sterling 5/18/15 — Brooklynian

Shooting on Franklin between Park and Sterling 5/18/15

dougallcurrie
dougallcurrie
edited May 2015 in Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Three shots fired. Shooter and others ran southeast toward Sterling.
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  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited May 2015
    May 18, 2015

    Anyone hit?
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    Yes, someone in front of Little Zelda's
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    edited May 2015
    At least two ambulances showed up. Witnesses say cops showed up within a minute.
  • dougallcurrie
    dougallcurrie
    Not sure if anyone was hit but one man with a bloody face and carrying a baby /toddler ran North on Franklin immediately afterward. Shooter ran the other direction.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited May 2015
    NYC ALERTS:

    Brooklyn: Franklin Ave & Sterling Place. @NYPD77Pct on scene with a male shot, requesting EMS on a rush. Crime scene being established.
    6:55pm - 18 May 15
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    Not sure if anyone was hit but one man with a bloody face and carrying a baby /toddler ran North on Franklin immediately afterward. Shooter ran the other direction.
    They ran into a planter when the shooting started.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Can we get a description of the person shot and people fleeing?
  • dougallcurrie
    dougallcurrie
    Still not sure if a person was actually hit by the shots. I saw a lighter skinned African American man bleeding from the nose or mouth run North on Franklin. The shooter was an African American man wearing a black t-shirt. There is blood on the ground in front of Little Zelda.
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    Can we get a description of the person shot and people fleeing?
    Shooter was wearing a black hoodie or so I've heard.
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    Why are you asking for a descrip of the people fleeing?? 
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited May 2015
    Were those fleeing with the shooter?

    BTW, several police scanner sites are reporting someone was indeed shot.
  • fritsyg
    fritsyg
    Hi, I'm a reporter with DNAinfo.com, trying to get in touch with Dougall Currie to talk about what you saw. My email is [email protected] my phone number is 917-690-1086. Is there a way I can get in touch?
    Gwynne
  • fritsyg
    fritsyg
    Still not sure if a person was actually hit by the shots. I saw a lighter skinned African American man bleeding from the nose or mouth run North on Franklin. The shooter was an African American man wearing a black t-shirt. There is blood on the ground in front of Little Zelda.

  • newguy88
    newguy88
    Hi, I'm a reporter with DNAinfo.com, trying to get in touch with Dougall Currie to talk about what you saw. My email is [email protected] my phone number is 917-690-1086. Is there a way I can get in touch?
    Gwynne
    Try private messaging.
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    edited May 2015
    Scene out side Little Zelda.image

    Please contact me before publishing image. Image is protected.
  • crownheightster
    crownheightster
    It must have been terrifying for the parent with child to be in s line of fire. My god.
  • MOD
    MOD
    edited May 2015
     @fritsyg, if you use member content or images, please get permission from the member to do so and credit Brooklynian as well. Thanks!
  • Brooklyneya
    Brooklyneya
    edited May 2015
    I think the increased shootings have more to do with the temperature than policing. As the weather gets hot, so do tempers.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I predict that tipped over stroller is going to be published widely.    

    ....it will suck the readers right in.
  • Brooklyneya
    Brooklyneya
    And, yeah, poor guy with baby. :(
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited May 2015
    twitter has photos as well:

  • dougallcurrie
    dougallcurrie

    Most of those photos are from the scene on Sterling between Franklin and Bedford, where the victim ran after the shooting.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited May 2015
    A local just posted this account to CNN's ireport.

    Warning graphic photo of shot teen if you click:    http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1242772

    "Teen shot in Crown Heights Brooklyn NY. I heard two extreamly loud
    shots ring out and the police came within minutes. The Teen was still
    breathing and talking to medics, they bandaged up two bullet wounds on
    his left rib cage area. I whitnesed people running from the scene and
    taking cover. As I entered my apartment building tenants we hiding out
    in the hallway afraid to walk outside."
  • pheightsresident
    pheightsresident
    edited May 2015
    While I'm saddened by the shooting, I'm very pleased by the police response time. Certainly wouldn't have learned of this incident without Brooklynian, so thanks dougallcurrie as well!

    I've noticed that there are several blocks that still are "problem" blocks as far as safety goes around where I am. Some of these include St. Marks between Grand and Classon, and St. John's off Washington. 

    I hope we don't see too much more of this as the weather warms up. 
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I think the last shooting on that stretch of Franklin was back in January:   http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/45082/photo-of-suspects-in-shooting-on-franklin-and-lincoln-monday-jan-5-2015/p1

    As a result, the NYPD have had to staff that tower thing for months.

    I wonder if any of the cameras mounted to it, or the various poles in the area, caught photos of the suspects before or after the shooting....
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    So.....I heard that it was the guy WITH the baby that shot the teen. That someone came up to him and tried to take the baby, they got into a scuffle and then fired shots and ran away. Hence the bloody face from the fight.  
  • pragmaticguy
    pragmaticguy
    I agree.....the cops need to take lessons from the TSA.....they don't give a crap, they frisk babies or anyone they feel like. And I'm guessing they X-ray coffins that are being shipped by plane as well.
  • booklaw
    booklaw
    edited May 2015
    Mod note: Stop and frisk discussion has been moved to Brooklyn Politics.

    http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/45646/stop-and-frisk
  • dougallcurrie
    dougallcurrie
    Hrm. I don't think that's accurate about the shooter being the man with the baby. Pretty sure the shooter ran south away from Little Zelda while the man with the baby ran north on Franklin.
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    This person told me that they found the guy who got shot all the way on Bedford. He said 4 people were involved. 
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