Brooklyn 16-year-old shot, critically wounded

NYPD seeking suspect who shot 16-year-old in Brooklyn

The NYPD is seeking two suspects after a 16-year-old was shot and critically wounded in Crown Heights this week.

NEW YORK - The NYPD is asking for the public's help finding two suspects accused of shooting a 16-year-old in Brooklyn this week.

According to authorities, the victim, a 16-year-old boy was opening an entrance door to a building on Sterling Place in Crown Heights when two suspects approached the doorway.

One of the suspects produced a gun and shot at the teen, striking him once in the lower chest.

Surveillance video shows the pair then casually walking away from the scene to parts unknown.

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The teenager was taken to NYC Health & Hospitals/Kings County in critical but stable condition.

Both of the suspects are described as men. One was last seen wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, dark-colored pants, and a dark-colored baseball hat.

The second suspect was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with white writing on the back.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is being asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

Police say all calls are strictly confidential.