The NYPD released a photo and the identity of a man they believe is responsible for two shootings on Monday. The victim in one shooting died while the other shooting wounded a man in a wheelchair.
Cops responded to a playground in thesection of Brooklyn just after 9:30 a.m. where they found a 96-year-old man who uses a wheelchair shot in the leg, the NYPD said. Detectives believe he was not the shooter's intended target.
A man armed with a gun was trying to rob a 39-year-old woman inside the playground when she fled, police said. The gunman then fired at her and missed, striking the man in the wheelchair instead, the NYPD said.Then at about 2:50 p.m., someone shot and killed a 21-year-old man inside a 6th-floor apartment in a building on St. James Place inIn a social media post, the NYPD said Oliver is wanted in connection with both shootings and "is considered armed and dangerous.
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