Teen fatally shot in parked vehicle in Brooklyn

A teen was fatally shot twice in the chest while sitting in a parked vehicle in Brooklyn early Sunday, cops said.

Police officers went to 796 Greene Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant at 2:18 a.m. in response to a ShotSpotter alert, but the mortally wounded 18-year-old man had already been taken to Woodhull Hospital by private means, according to police. He was pronounced dead there a short time later, cops said.

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The investigation found that he was shot while in a parked vehicle at the address. Police had no motive, and his name and address weren’t immediately released. 

Cops found three shell casings on the scene, police sources said.

Last month, shootings soared in the city in January compared to the same month last year.

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There were 100 shootings last month, a jump from January 2021 when 76 were logged. Those figures also show an increase from 2020 and 2019, when there were 67 and 52 acts of gunplay, respectively.