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Man Shot and Killed Outside Bronx Home

August 13, 2012 6:44am | Updated August 13, 2012 6:44am
Ernest Brown, 47, was shot and killed outside his home in Claremont in The Bronx Sunday night, Aug. 12, 2012, the NYPD said.
Ernest Brown, 47, was shot and killed outside his home in Claremont in The Bronx Sunday night, Aug. 12, 2012, the NYPD said.
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THE BRONX — A 47-year-old man was shot and killed outside his home in a Claremont public housing project Sunday night, the NYPD reported.

Ernest Brown, who lived in the Butler Houses, was shot in the torso in front of 1348 Webster Avenue just before 8:30 p.m., police said. He was rushed to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, where he died, police said.

No one has been arrested as of Monday morning, cops said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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