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Man Shot to Death in Brooklyn

March 6, 2012 8:46am | Updated March 6, 2012 8:46am
Police are investigating the fatal shooting Monday March 5, 2012, of a 20-year-old man in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
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BROOKLYN — A 20-year-old man was shot to death Monday in Fort Greene, police said.

The unidentified victim was shot in the chest about 9:20 p.m. on the third floor of 84 Carlton Ave. in the Walt Whitman Houses, police said.

Paramedics rushed him to Brooklyn Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Cops are withholding his name until his family is notified.

No one has been arrested.

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