2 Shot In Brooklyn, Police Searching For Suspect

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are searching for a gunman after two people were shot in Brooklyn on Saturday.

Police say they don’t believe the victims were the intended targets.

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As CBS2’s Thalia Perez reports, police are searching for an 18-year-old gunman who opened fire on Vernon Avenue between Lewis Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

The shots were fired around 2:30 p.m. outside the Willoughby Court Apartments.

A 39-year-old man told police he was walking by, heard the shots and next thing he knew, he was on the ground, bleeding and suffering from severe pain in his right leg.

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A second victim, 26 years old, was also shot in the leg. He told police a similar story.

Both victims were rushed to a local hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.

No arrests have been made. The search for the 18-year-old suspect continues.

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CBS2’s Thalia Perez contributed to this report.