A 30-year-old man was shot in the chest Wednesday evening outside a residential building in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and as of Thursday he remains in stable condition at a Brooklyn hospital while police say he isn't cooperating with their investigation. The shooting happened around 7:15 p.m. outside 260 Hawthorne Street, a four-story apartment building.
According to News 12 Bronx, the NYPD reported that the man was struck in the chest and that paramedics rushed him to Kings County Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition Thursday. The outlet reports that no details about the circumstances of the shooting or a possible suspect were immediately available, and per investigators, the victim is not cooperating with the ongoing probe — a common obstacle that can keep detectives from pinning down a motive or filing charges.
260 Hawthorne Street is in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The building itself, per StreetEasy, is a 27-unit structure built in 1927.
Brooklyn Trauma Care
Kings County Hospital operates one of Brooklyn's three Level 1 Trauma Centers, according to NYC Health + Hospitals.
A Neighborhood With a Mixed Recent Record
The shooting lands in a precinct that has otherwise posted striking gains against gun violence. NYPD CompStat data reported by the Brooklyn Eagle showed shooting incidents in the 71st Precinct down 70% year-to-date as of August 2025, with just three victims compared to ten over the same stretch in 2024. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office reported murders in the precinct fell 75% in 2021 compared with 2020.
Still, violent incidents keep surfacing in the neighborhood. On July 11, Hoodline reported a rideshare driver was shot in the face during an overnight robbery in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Back in February, Hoodline also reported on a 17-year-old shot on nearby Fenimore Street who was likewise taken to Kings County Hospital. And the precinct's detective squad handled a far larger case in August 2025, when a shooting at the Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue left three people dead and eleven injured, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
How to Help Investigators
Anyone with information about Wednesday's shooting can contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-577-TIPS. With the victim reportedly not cooperating, tips from the public may prove critical to moving the case forward.
