CROWN HEIGHTS — THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS RULED a Sunday, July 13 shooting to be a homicide, after the 22-year-old victim succumbed to his injuries. Police responded around 9:36 p.m. to a 911 call of an assault in progress in front of 253 Kingsborough 2nd Walk in Crown Heights, and found the 22-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the head. EMS rushed the victim to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in critical condition. He succumbed to his injuries on Friday, July 18, and has since been identified as William Blakney of the Kingsborough Houses.
Officers were subsequently informed of a 40-year-old male victim transported to Interfaith Medical Center by private means. That person was reportedly in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the right leg. No arrests……