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Man Shot In Face, Killed In Crown Heights

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The NYPD continues to search for a suspect after a man was fatally shot in Brooklyn on Friday.

It happened around 5:30 p.m. near President Street and Rogers Avenue in Crown Heights.

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Police say 39-year-old Ancil Blackman was shot in the face. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Business owners in the area says he was well-liked.

"Good guy from neighborhood. No problem when he come in my store. He'd be fun, he'd come with the kids, we'd talk nice. Everything was good. I never see him do something bad," one store owner said.

No arrests have been made as police continue to investigate.

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