EAST NEW YORK (PIX11) — A 16-year-old was killed in a shooting in a Brooklyn deli on Friday afternoon, police said.
Marquise Byfield was pronounced dead at the hospital after being shot in the leg and groin area inside 909 Livonia Ave. in East New York just after 4:15 p.m., authorities said.
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It was not immediately made clear what may have led up to the shooting inside the deli. The incident remains under investigation.
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