A 38-year-old man crashed his SUV into three parked cars after he was shot to death in Brooklyn early Tuesday, police said.
The victim was shot in the chest and arm on Ocean Drive near Surf Ave., a dead-end block leading to Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk, about 1:30 a.m., cops said.
Police canvassing the area found the victim behind the wheel of a gray Chevrolet Equinox with a Florida license plate that sideswiped three vehciles before coming to a stop outside the Coney Island Houses, about a block from where the shooting was reported.
The vehicle’s passenger window had been shot out.
The victim died at the scene on W. 35th St. and Surf Ave. His name was not immediately released.
“I just came outside and saw this and I was shocked. It’s just unfortunate,” Aura Rodriguez told the Daily News Tuesday as she looked over her damaged silver Chevrolet Cruze. “Cops didn’t give me information. They just said they will contact me. Right now I just have to stay put.”
“The car is just parked where it should be and this happens,” added Rodriguez, 59. “I don’t know if this guy was being chased or what.”
Another woman’s Honda Accord was damaged in the crash.
“I couldn’t believe it was my car,” the owner said, declining to be named. “It’s crazy hearing that someone was killed but you get desensitized to stuff like that.”
Police learned of the shooting through the NYPD’s ShotSpotter system, a network of 2,000 sensors around the city, mostly in high crime areas, designed to pick up the sound of possible gunfire.
No arrests have been made. Cops were scouring the area for surveillance video that could help them identify any suspects.
“Whenever it gets warm, something always happens,” NYCHA resident Raymond Mero said. “I’m surprised it happened so close to home and that someone passed away.”