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Man Shot While Sitting in Williamsburg Houses Playground, Police Say

By Serena Dai | July 22, 2015 2:24pm
 A man was shot while sitting in a play area on Ten Eyck Walk.
A man was shot while sitting in a play area on Ten Eyck Walk.
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WILLIAMSBURG — A man was shot in the leg while sitting in a playground in the Williamsburg Houses, police said.

The victim, 24, was in the playground on Ten Eyck Walk between Maujer and Scholes streets before 2:30 p.m. on Friday, July 17, when a man wearing a black mask came up and shot him once in the upper left leg, police said.

He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in unknown condition.

The suspect, who was carrying a 9MM semiautomatic black pistol, was wearing all black and ran toward Bushwick Avenue after the shooting, police said.

The victim is a known member of the Latin Kings gang, police said. 

No one has been arrested for the incident.