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A 26-year-old man was fatally shot in Bed-Stuy Saturday night, police say
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Catalina Gonella
Published Jan 18, 2026
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Police said they are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a 26-year-old man in Brooklyn Saturday night.
The incident happened just before 11 p.m. near the Sumner Houses on Stockton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to the NYPD.
Responding officers found Elquan Tillman with multiple gunshot wounds in his torso. He was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
No arrests had been made as of Sunday afternoon, according to the NYPD, and an investigation is ongoing.
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