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79-Year-Old Man Shot to Death in Bushwick

By Jess Wisloski | February 24, 2013 12:01pm
 A 79-year-old man was found dead of a gunshot wound inside his Bushwick home on Feb. 24, 2013.
A 79-year-old man was found dead of a gunshot wound inside his Bushwick home on Feb. 24, 2013.
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BUSHWICK — A 79-year-old man was found dead of a gunshot wound inside his Brooklyn home early Sunday morning, police said.

Police responding to a 911 call found James Jackson, 79, unconscious in his Gates Avenue home around 2:24 a.m., with a bullet wound in his neck, police said. 

Jackson was rushed to Woodhull Hospital, but declared dead on arrival, police said.

An investigation is ongoing, police said.