CROWN HEIGHTS — A man was fatally shot in the head on Troy Avenue early Friday, officials said.
Police found the 30-year-old man, whose identity was not released, in front of 246 Troy Ave. between Sterling and St. Johns places with a gunshot wound to his head at about 1:20 a.m., police said.
The man was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
No suspects have yet been identified, police said.
The incident follows a number of violent crimes that have happened in the neighborhood in the past few days.
On Wednesday night, two teenagers, Jamal Joseph, 18, and John Garrett, 17, were stabbed to death within hours of each other on Utica Avenue. On Friday, police released photos of six people wanted for questioning in regards to the stabbings.
The most recent crime data from the 77th Precinct, where the homicide took place, is shown in the map below from DNAinfo New York:
