2 men shot in SUV, 1 fatally, by gunmen on bicycles in Brooklyn

Friday, July 14, 2017
PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A driver was killed and his passenger injured when a pair of bicycle riding gunmen pedaled up to their vehicle in Brooklyn and opened fire, authorities said.

After being shot, the victims' black Ford Edge crashed into a line of parked cars on Parkside Avenue in Prospect Park just before 3:30 a.m. Friday.
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A 42-year-old man was shot in the left arm, neck and left jaw and was pronounced dead at Maimonides Medical Center.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the back. He was in stable condition at Kings County Hospital.

A third man, a 22-year-old who was also sitting in the vehicle, was not shot.
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The two suspects on bicycles shot into the SUV and then fled eastbound on Parkside Avenue.

No arrest were immediately made and the motive is not known.



In a separate incident, a 22-year-old Brooklyn man was fatally shot by a gunman on Citi Bike Thursday night.

Storm Hughes was pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital, where his mother is an administrator.

The gunman, who fled the scene on a Citi Bike, was later taken into custody.

The shooting appears to be over marijuana. Hughes has no prior arrests.
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