A woman was shot and killed late Monday night on a Brooklyn street during a vigil for a man fatally shot less than 24 hours earlier, the NYPD said.
According to police, the 32-year-old woman was attending the vigil near the corner of Park Place and Howard Avenue in Brownsville around 11 p.m. when a car drove up and someone inside opened fire on the crowd.
The woman was struck in the head and found lying in the street when police arrived on the scene, authorities said.
EMS rushed her to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said. Officials identified her as Shalimar Birkett of Queens.
