CROWN HEIGHTS — A 27-year-old man was shot six times near the Franklin Avenue subway station in a gang-related gun battle on New Year’s Eve, police said.
The man was standing near the station on Eastern Parkway around 8:00 p.m. on Dec. 31 when two strangers approached him and asked if he was a member of the Crips, police said.
When the man said no, the two men pulled out handguns. The 27-year-old tried to flee by running into the Franklin Avenue subway station, but he was shot twice in the right ankles, three times in the right buttock and once in his right thigh as he tried to get away, police said.
The victim was treated for his injuries as a local hospital and is expected to survive. As of Thursday, police said no suspect have been identified in the shooting.
Other notable crimes in this week’s blotter from the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and East Flatbush include:
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► A 29-year-old woman was robbed of $13 when a man sitting in her Q train car told her he just got out of prison, simulated having a gun and demanded money. The woman was riding on a southbound Q train around 1:15 a.m. on Dec. 28 when the man approached her and said “Miss, I just got out of prison. I have a gun. Give me all your money,” then held his hands inside his jacket as though he was holding a gun, police said. The victim gave the man $13 in cash and he fled the train car at the Prospect Park station. The woman was uninjured during the robbery.
► A 26-year-old man was shot by a stranger as he was walking on Utica Avenue and President Street at 8:50 p.m. on Dec. 28. The man said an unknown man walking toward him on Utica shot him once in the right shoulder and fled on foot.
► Unknown men fired a shot at a parked Mercedes in front of a gas station at 720 New York Ave. Six men then fled the vehicle westbound on Parkside Avenue. A black van with no plates chased them down the street and two more shots were fired. There were no known injuries from the shooting and no suspects have been identified.
► A 37-year-old man was arrested for trying to steal a White Castle brand cheeseburger from a 7 Eleven by putting it down his pants, then damaging a police car window as he was taken into custody for the theft. The burglary took place at 146 Empire Blvd. around 4:40 a.m. on Jan. 2.
