Deadly shooting in Brooklyn: 22-year-old man apparently shot after an argument outside delicatessen in Flatbush

FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) – A man was shot dead outside a Brooklyn delicatessen on Thursday afternoon.

According to police, officers responded to the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Dorchester Road shortly before 2 p.m. on reports of a shooting.

They found a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the groin area.

The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

It appears that the male victim was involved in a verbal argument with an unknown person outside the deli prior to the shooting.

No arrests were made and investigations are ongoing.

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