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# Man Dies Almost A Month After Being Shot In Red Hook
- URL: https://bklyner.com/red-hook-shooting-death/
- Published: 2020-06-29T20:20:28.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-29T20:22:19.000Z
- Author: Zainab Iqbal
- Tags: Announcements, community, homicide, Neighbors, News, North Western Brooklyn, Police & Fire, Red Hook, david gorham, death, elvin fernandez, Red Hook Houses, #wp

RED HOOK – Earlier this month, 27-year-old Elvin Fernandez was shot in front of Red Hook Houses.

On Monday, June 1 at around 5:55 p.m., cops arrived in front of Red Hook Houses on Columbia Street to find Fernandez, a resident of Boerum Hill, with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. On Wednesday, June 24, Fernandez died from his injuries.

On Thursday, June 18, 29-year-old David Gorham was arrested and charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a firearm, and menacing.

Shootings have been up 25% citywide. In fact, there have been 28% more shooting victims than this time last year,[ we reported.](/man-shot-and-killed-on-saturday-shootings-up-25-citywide/)