NYPD searching for man who opened fire on Bedford-Stuyvesant street

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT (WABC) -- The NYPD is searching for a man who opened fire on a Brooklyn street Sunday.

He started firing at another man in the middle of a sidewalk.

It happened on Malcolm X Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant just before 4 p.m.

A 50-year-old man was shot under the left armpit and in the right shoulder, and is in stable condition at an area hospital.

The suspect is described as approximately 5'5", approximately 190lbs, wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt and brown sweatpants.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at http://WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.