1 Killed, 1 Hurt in Bedford-Stuyvesant Shooting: NYPD

A 23-year-old man was killed and another was injured in a shooting in Brooklyn early on Friday, the NYPD says.

Police responded to Lafayette and Bedford avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant after getting calls about an assault and found one man unconscious with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his body.

The other man, also 23, was found near Clifton Place and Bedford Avenue with a gunshot wound to his left thigh.

The man who had been shot in the body was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The other shooting victim was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was in stable condition on Friday morning.

The circumstances of the shooting are unclear, and no arrests have been made.

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