Man, 69, Found Dead in Brooklyn Home With Gunshot Wound in Back of Head: NYPD

A 69-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the back of his head in his Brooklyn apartment just after midnight Friday, police say.

Police found Sergio Basse inside the Albany Avenue building in East Flatbush after getting a call about a person being shot there, according to the NYPD. EMS workers also responded to the scene and pronounced the man dead. 

No one has been arrested, the NYPD says. The investigation is ongoing.

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