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Brooklyn Man Fatally Shot in Apparent Robbery in East Flatbush, Police Say

August 6, 2013 7:38am | Updated August 6, 2013 7:38am
Paul Setteducato, 64, was shot and killed on Erasmus Street Monday night, cops said.
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NEW YORK CITY — A Brooklyn man was shot and killed in East Flatbush Monday night in what investigators believe may have been a robbery, an NYPD spokesman said.

Paul Setteducato, 64, was shot in the head and chest about 6:20 p.m. near 170 Erasmus St., police said.

Setteducato, who lived in Midwood, was pronounced dead at the scene, cops said.

Investigators believe Setteducato was shot in a robbery that turned violent, a police spokesman said.

No one was immediately arrested.

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