4 people shot, 1 fatally, in Coney Island, police say
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A gunman who entered a Coney Island public housing development apartment and shot four people, killing one, is the subject of a manhunt, police said Friday.
Police are searching for 29-year-old Joseph Brown, who they identified as a suspect. Authorities said it was unclear what prompted the shootings.
The shooting victims weren't identified by police.
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According to police, Brown knocked on the door of an apartment in the Gravesend Houses and was let in by a 62-year-old woman. Brown went into a back bedroom, shut the door and then fired shots, police said. A 24-year-old man was shot in the head.
Brown then came out of the room and shot the woman who had answered the door in the stomach.
A third man was shot in the head and killed. The fourth victim, a 40-year-old male, was grazed in the head by a gunshot and treated at the scene.
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Police say there were three other people in the apartment who were not shot, including a 10-year-old boy.
The woman and the 24-year-old man were in critical condition at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, police said.