Crime & Safety
23-Year-Old Killed In Double Shooting In Bed-Stuy: Cops
The two men were found shot a block from Herbert Von King Park, police said.
BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — A 23-year-old Manhattan man was killed after a double shooting near Herbert Von King Park on Friday, according to police.
Jermaine Hill-Cross, who lived in the Lower East Side, was found with at least one gunshot wound to his chest on Clifton Place just after 5:30 p.m., according to police. A 42-year-old man shot in the buttocks was also found at the scene, near a Clifton Place building between Nostrand and Marcy avenues, police said.
Hill-Cross was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The 42-year-old was taken to Kings County Hospital and is in stable condition, police said.
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There were no arrests in the incident as of Monday morning.
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