By Associated Press - Saturday, June 17, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) - A 46-year-old man has been fatally shot while pumping gas at a Brooklyn gas station.

The shooting happened at noon Saturday on Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights. Police say the 46-year-old victim was shot in the chest as he was putting gas in his car.

He was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.



The victim’s name was not immediately released.

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