Breaking: Shooting in Fort Greene
According to a tipster, there was a shooting a little while ago near the intersection of Fulton Street and Greene Avenue in Fort Greene. There are currently several police vehicles on the scene and the Fulton is shut down. If anyone’s nearby, please send a photo and some more details. The shooting comes on the…

According to a tipster, there was a shooting a little while ago near the intersection of Fulton Street and Greene Avenue in Fort Greene. There are currently several police vehicles on the scene and the Fulton is shut down. If anyone’s nearby, please send a photo and some more details. The shooting comes on the heels of the discovery of human remains around Fort Greene Park.
Update: 5 shot in a barbershop on Fulton, shooter possibly on the loose. Police advising people to stay inside.
Update: NYT Cityroom blog has the story here. Four people shot in the hair salon pictured below right; at least one dead.
Update: NBC has a story here.
more info…
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Five_Shot_1_Killed_In_Fort_Greene_Hair_Salon_Shooting.html
Love it or leave it 11217.
And remember that nice drycleaner in Park Slope… Terrible! It is so, so disheartening. Plus this stressed economy is putting extreme pressure on the most vulnerable communities. The economic problems have been impacting many communities of color for much longer and causing hardships, streses and trauma. Not that this crime is directly linked with the economy but frankly, a lot of this goes hand-in-hand.
Sad, sad, sad.
Take a look at the murder rates in Europe and compare them to the U.S. and get back to me Dave.
And it is right up from Tish’s office…
I hope we can do something in the community about this tonight or in the next day or so. We need to speak out.
This is so sad. This is just a couple of blocks or so up from the State Office Bldg, On Hanson, the mall, BAM. On the Hanson side, the salon is across the street from a large church.
It sounds like, at this time of day, there must have been witnesses so they can nab these guys.
If I am correct, this was the 4W Circle of Arts that started lots of microbusinesses. No? They closed their doors because the rent went too high. It is too bad that rents go so high that only restaurants, bars and hair places can afford them. I have a feeling commercial rents are going to have to come down or these businesses will all be closing.
Sad.
Somebody is dead. Maybe we can have a little respect and not choose right now to have policy debates, neighborhood trash talk and discussions on real estate values?
RRRIIIIGGGGHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTT 11217. It’s be race riots in France, Mafia shootings in Italy, etc, etc, etc
If this were Europe, guns would be outlawed, and hearing about a story like this would be extremely rare.
So sad.