Man Shot At Crown Heights Park Tuesday Morning

Sam Raskin -

CROWN HEIGHTS — A man was shot in the Lincoln Terrace/Arthur S. Somers Park Tuesday morning, according to police.

Lincoln Terrace/Arthur S. Somers Park via Google Maps

Following a dispute, at approximately 5:10 a.m., a 47-year-old man was shot twice in the left leg, the NYPD says. The incident occurred next to the baseball field by Rochester Avenue.

The victim was taken by EMS to Kings County Hospital and is in stable condition, according to police.

The shooter fled the scene in an unknown direction. A description of the suspect was not released as of this writing. The police investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident are asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.