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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, OCTOBER 20, 2019
Gowanus gunfight
Cops gun down alleged shooter in the pojects
BY BEN VERDE
Police shot and killed a
man during a wild gun battle
near the Gowanus housing
projects on Tuesday
night.
Two plainclothes offi cers
with the 76th Precinct were
on Hoyt Street patrolling in
an unmarked car at around
8 pm, when they heard gunshots
and went to investigate,
according to police.
The cops confronted
the shooter on Baltic Street
between Hoyt and Bond
streets, and the resulting
fi re fi ght ended with police
shooting 30-year-old
Nasueen Prioleau several
times, cops said.
A 9mm semi-automatic
handgun was recovered
from the scene, according to
police.
Cops say Prioleau had a
lengthy rap-sheet, and had
been released from jail on
parole last week after serving
fi ve years for robbery.
“This incident also underscores
the urgency of getting
illegal fi rearms off our
streets,” said NYPD Chief of
Department Terrence Monahan,
Police recovered a 9mm handgun from following the shooting.
Photo by Ben Verde
who spoke to reporters
at a press conference
following the shooting Tuesday
night.
Prioleau was transported
to Brookdale Hospital where
doctors pronounced him
dead at around 1 am. The
two offi cers were uninjured,
but were taken to a separate
hospital for evaluation, authorities
say.
Gowanus residents sa violence
between police and locals
is a regular occurrence.
“I’m sick and tired of
this, regardless of whether
he deserved it or not,” said
Zac Martin, a community
organizer in Gowanus who
was observing the crime
scene.
Other residents questioned
if the NYPD had been
too trigger–happy in their
attempt to disarm the suspect.
“It doesn’t take more than
two bullets or one bullet to
really disarm someone,”
said Shanduke McPhatter,
who claimed to know the
suspect. “So often, NYPD or
law enforcement as a whole
believes that the most shots
is the way to stop it.”
Smorgasburg heading indoors
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
The nation’s largest openair
food market, Smorgasburg,
is moving indoors to
a Williamsburg venue next
month.
The weekly grub fair
will open at 25 Kent Ave.,
between N. 12 and N. 13th
streets, on the second fl oor
on Nov. 2, a staffer working
inside the building told this
reporter.
Smorgasburg’s alfresco
events will run Saturdays
in East River State Park and
Sundays in Prospect Park
until the end of October, before
switching over to the
new indoor venue without
missing a beat the following
weekend.
The nine-story offi ce
tower at 25 Kent Ave. — located
just a few blocks away
from East River State Park
— has served local thrillseekers
as an events venue
The popular fair will run its outdoor operations until the end of
October. Scott Lynch
ever since it opened earlier
this year, and is currently
home to Halloween-themed
pooch wonderland “Best Dog
Day Ever,” where furballs
can dress up in costume and
drink non-alcoholic beer.
An exhibition on street
art and graffi ti also showed
at the building in June,
Gothamist reported .
Last winter, the foodie organizers
moved their emporium
to Fort Greene’s Atlantic
Center Mall on weekends,
along with a night market on
Fridays at the Williamsburg
event space Villain, with
music performances and art
exhibits curated by the media
company Vice Media.
That year’s indoor market
featured about a quarter of
the 100 vendors that hawked
treats outdoors previously.
Smorgasburg’s organizers
did not respond to requestcomment.
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