BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Two people, including a 16-year-old boy, were shot near a Brooklyn school Tuesday, authorities said.
The victims were shot near 320 Miller Avenue, about a block away from Margaret S. Douglas Junior High School on Vermont Street, just before noon, according to the NYPD. The teen was shot in the back and hospitalized in stable condition, police said. A 58-year-old man was shot in the left arm and also hospitalized in stable condition.
The shooter fled the scene and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a black hoodie, police said. There have been no arrests.
Last week, two teens and a security guard were injured in a shooting near Williamsburg Charter High School. A 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were each struck in the thigh, police said. The guard, 37, suffered a graze wound to the neck.
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