Police looking for man wanted for fatally shooting 36-year-old woman on Prospect Heights street
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police are looking for the man who they say shot and killed a woman near the Barclays Center late Wednesday night.
36-year-old Tamika Powell was found fatally shot in the street in Prospect Heights at the intersection of Carlton Avenue and Pacific Street just after 10:20 p.m.
She was shot in the head and pronounced dead, police said.
Police said witness told them Powell had an argument with a man at a nearby barbecue.
They believe that man put on a mask, followed Powell and shot her.
Detectives are looking at surveillance video to try and identify the man.
Family members rushed to the scene from a nearby barbecue.
He was described as wearing beige pants, a white shirt and a black mask.
The shooting was just blocks east of Barclays Center where the NBA held its draft Wednesday night.
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