There’s reportedly been a shooting in Brooklyn Heights. Marc Hermann and Heather Quinlan are on the scene.
Earlier this evening “ABCD” commented that the incident was on Monroe Place and Clark Street.
Drama in Brooklyn Heights: someone shot at end of my block. Found my police scanner.
About 10+ NYPD units responding to shooting in Brooklyn Heights on Clark St. at Monroe Place ( via @skidder)
From Gothamist newsmap:
Shooting | 39yro Male Shot Twice To His BACK. Male Has No Feelings To His Lwr EXTREMITIES. Pt Is Being Txp To Bellevue HOSPITAL. Perp Fled On Foot Armed With A 40 Caliber Black HANDGUN. Aided Has Stable Vitals At This Time As Per Trauma NOTIFICATION. Brooklyn, NY | 8/1/2010 7:20 p.m.
The last shooting we can recall in Brooklyn Heights involved the “nerf bomber” Ivaylo Ivanov who accidentally shot himself, leading cops to his stash of explosives . He later confessed to painting swastikas on area synagogues.
