Teen wearing Jewish attire hit with pellet gun bullets in Brooklyn: NYPD
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A man wearing traditional Jewish attire was hit with BB pellet gun bullets in Brooklyn on Monday, police said.
The alleged attacker, who was driving a black SUV, fired shots with an airsoft BB pellet gun at a synagogue along Spencer Street near Park Avenue, breaking the front window, according to officials. The suspect also used the pellet gun on the 18-year-old victim, hitting him in the neck.
The teen sustained a minor injury, authorities said. An investigation by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is ongoing.
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