Crown Heights gunman sought in daytime shooting

CROWN HEIGHTS — POLICE ARE SEARCHING for a suspect who shot a 23-year-old man in the right leg outside 261 Buffalo Ave. in Crown Heights around 1:55 p.m. Wednesday. NYPD released surveillance images Thursday showing the alleged gunman, who fled north on Buffalo Avenue. The victim, who did not know the shooter, was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or on X @NYPDTips.

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