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Police sources: Love triangle leads to fatal attack with hatchet, firearm in Brooklyn

Police sources say a potential love triangle could have led to a fatal shooting in Sheepshead Bay Thursday night.

News 12 Staff

Jan 6, 2023, 11:32 AM

Updated 714 days ago

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Police sources say a potential love triangle could have led to a fatal shooting in Sheepshead Bay Thursday night.
The NYPD responded to a 911 call at 3090 Ocean Ave., and found a 42-year-old man with trauma to his head and a gunshot to his torso.
Police sources say the man was with a woman when her estranged husband showed up and started an argument. The husband then hit the victim on the head with a hatchet and shot him in the chest. 
The victim was taken to a hospital where he died. The suspect is now in police custody.