Detectives in Brooklyn are questioning five people after two seniors were shot on Saturday in gun violence-ridden Brownsville, authorities confirmed.
According to police sources, the incident occurred at around 10:30 p.m. on June 15 not far from Livonia Park, in the vicinity of Powell Street and Livonia Street.
One of the victims, a 71-year-old woman, took two bullets to her torso and one to her right leg, while a 70-year-old man was shot in the left leg. It was not immediately clear if they were the intended targets, police said.Meanwhile, cops say they took a group of five people into custody at the scene in connection with the horrific shooting. Charges against them are pending the results of the ongoing investigation.
Chief Crime Control Strategies Michael Lipetri told amNewYork Metro that law enforcement is attributing the shootings to warring gangs.
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