In the span of roughly one hour Sunday afternoon, police in Brooklyn were chasing down suspects from three separate crime scenes that left a handful of victims who were shot and stabbed.
Officers responded to a deli around 3:15 p.m. in East New York where multiple suspects fled after a shooting. One person was injured at the shop on Pitkin Avenue, police said.
Within the hour and roughly a dozen blocks away, also in East New York, cops went to a subway station where a 29-year-old man was shot.
Authorities said a suspect known to the victim opened fire, striking the man in his torso. He was removed to Brookdale Hospital.
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The Shepard Avenue subway station was partially closed off as officers investigated the shooting along the C line.
And over in Crown Heights around 4 p.m., police were investigating a shooting at an Indian restaurant on Nostrand Avenue.
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The NYPD said two men were stabbed and their attackers fled in a blue vehicle. One of the victims was stabbed in the neck, the other in the arm, according to officials.
