21-Year-Old Man Shot In The Head On E. 21st Street, By Ditmas Avenue, Early Monday Morning

We have terrible news this Monday morning: a 21-year-old man was shot in the head in front of 585 E. 21st Street, by Ditmas Avenue, around 2:30am, police said.

The man, whose name has not been released, was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition, the NYPD told us this morning.

There has been no arrest yet in connection to this shooting, according to police.

This morning’s incident comes less than two weeks after a 22-year-old neighbor died after being shot in the head in front of 81 Crooke Avenue, between St. Paul’s Place and Ocean Avenue.

Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call the NYPD’s crime stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.