According to police, officers responded to the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Dorchester Road just before 2 p.m. for reports of a shooting.
They found a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the groin.
The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
It appears that the male victim was involved in a verbal dispute with an unknown person, outside the deli, prior to the shooting.
There are no arrests, and the investigation is ongoing.
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