17-Year-Old Shot and Killed in Brooklyn

The boy was transported to Interfaith Hospital where he was pronounced dead

A teenager was shot and killed in the Brooklyn early Tuesday morning, police said.

Just after 1 a.m., police responded to a call of a man shot in front of 720 St. Marks Ave. in Prospect Heights, and discovered a 17-year-old boy shot in the torso.

The boy was transported to Interfaith Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

No arrests have been made. An investigation is ongoing.

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