The 24-year-old man was found at Frederick Douglas Boulevard and Macombs Place with a gunshot wound to the right eye around 1:30 a.m., cops said.
A rookie police officer’s brother was fatally shot in the eye in Manhattan early Saturday morning, an NYPD spokesman said.
The 24-year-old man was found dead inside a home near Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Macombs Place with a gunshot wound to the right eye around 1:30 a.m., cops said.
Police said they are looking into whether his rookie brother accidentally shot him, and also the possibility that the victim shot himself.
The body of a 24-year-old man who was fatally shot inside a home is removed from the scene in the area of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Macombs Place. Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock
Police at the scene where the 24-year-old was fatally shot. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity wasn’t immediately released.
The NYPD Force Investigation Division (FID), which probes police-involved shootings, is investigating.
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