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Shooting in front of Brooklyn school for troubled teens

By
Tina Moore
Published April 29, 2021
Updated April 29, 2021, 5:30 p.m. ET

A 17-year-old boy took a bullet to the stomach in front of a Brooklyn charter school Thursday afternoon, police said.

Gunfire rang out outside the Urban Dove charter school on East 21st Street in East Midwood around 2:45 p.m., according to police.

Police on the scene outside Urban Dove Team Charter School where a teenager was shot.
Police on the scene outside Urban Dove Team Charter School where a teenager was shot. Paul Martinka

The teenager, who was struck in the stomach and the hand, was taken to Kings County Hospital and expected to survive, police said.

Two unknown males were seen fleeing the scene, cops said.

Police on the scene outside Urban Dove Team Charter School where a teenager was shot.
A boy was shot in the stomach outside the Urban Dove Charter School. Paul Martinka

Police were unable to say if the victim was a student at the school.

Urban Dove educates academically struggling high school students. 

Evidence is covered with a cup at the scene
Evidence is covered with a cup at the scene where a boy was shot in the stomach. Paul Martinka