Crime & Safety

Man, 27, Shot And Killed In Brooklyn: NYPD

Antoine​ Ruffin,​ 27, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said.

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There have been no arrests at this time and an investigation remains ongoing.​
There have been no arrests at this time and an investigation remains ongoing.​ (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

BROOKLYN, NY — A 27-year-old man was shot and killed in Brooklyn Monday night, police said.

At 7:41 p.m., police found Antoine Ruffin, of Queens, with a gunshot wound to the chest in the vicinity of 306 Franklin Avenue, police said.

Ruffin was transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

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There have been no arrests at this time and an investigation remains ongoing.

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