16-Year-Old Boy Shot To Death In Crown Heights, Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A 16-year-old boy was shot to death overnight in Brooklyn.

Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 10 p.m. at the Kingsborough Houses in Crown Heights.

They found 16-year-old Amir Patterson on the first floor of a building with a gunshot wound to his chest.

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He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

So far, no arrests have been made.

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