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Man Fatally Shot in the Neck on Lefferts Place, Police Say

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A 25-year-old man was fatally shot at a Bedford-Stuyvesant building on Sunday, police said.

Officers found Rocky Larose with a gunshot wound to his neck just before 1 a.m. at 148 Lefferts Place near Classon Avenue, according to the NYPD.

Larose, who lived at the residence, was taken to Kings County Hospital where he died of his injuries, according to an NYPD spokesman.

The motive for the shooting is unclear, police said, and the investigation is ongoing.

No arrests had been made as of Monday morning.