SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WABC) — Police are searching for a suspect after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a NYCHA complex in Brooklyn on Monday.

The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. inside the Sheepshead Bay Houses.

Police say a 16-year-old boy was shot in the chest inside the housing complex.

He was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health in critical condition and later died.

Sources told Eyewitness News that police are looking for a male wearing a blue hat who fled on foot in an unknown direction.

No arrests have been made so far.

The investigation is ongoing.

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