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Man Dies After Being Shot in His Bed-Stuy Building, Police Say

July 8, 2015 10:17am | Updated July 8, 2015 10:17am

BROOKLYN — A man died Tuesday, four days after he was found shot on the second-floor landing of his Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment building, police said.

Quentin Merritt, 54, was found shot in the buttocks inside 107 Van Buren St., near Throop Avenue, about 11 p.m. Friday, NYPD officials said.

Merritt, who lived in the building, was taken to Kings County Hospital where he died four days later, police said.

There were no immediate arrests, police said.

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