A man was shot during an attempted robbery Monday afternoon in Bushwick, according to the police.
The 29-year-old victim was shot in the torso shortly before 5 p.m. at 1069 Halsey Street, on a residential block between Evergreen and Bushwick Avenues. The suspect, described as a black man in his 20s, wasn’t immediately apprehended, the police said.
The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital with injuries that weren’t thought to be life-threatening.
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