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Police Looking to Question Man In Connection With Canarsie School Shooting

By Irene Plagianos | December 21, 2016 7:15pm
 Police are looking to question this man in connection with a shooting in Canarsie.
Police are looking to question this man in connection with a shooting in Canarsie.
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BROOKLYN — Police are looking to question a man in connection with a stray bullet that was fired into a Canarsie school Tuesday morning.

A bullet was shot into the 6565 Flatlands Ave. high school while classes were in session Tuesday morning at about 10:50 a.m., lodging into a bulletin board, police said. No one was injured, according to officials.

Police are asking for help to find a man they want to question. He was caught on surveillance tape running away after the incident. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweater and carrying a gray book bag on his back.

The campus houses various schools including Brooklyn Generation and the Academy for Conservation and the Environment.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit tips online at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting information to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.