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Man Arrested In Brooklyn Shooting That Left 1 Dead, 3 Injured

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting last week in Brooklyn.

Christopher Johnson, of Brooklyn, has been charged with murder and attempted murder in the August 30 shooting that left one person dead and several others wounded, police said.

Fatima Gordon, a 28-year-old mother, was killed when gunfire erupted just after 9 p.m. near the corner of Clarkson and Flatbush avenues in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.

Bullets grazed a 13-year-old boy in the back and a 29-year-old man in the torso, police said.

Another man was shot in the right arm and backside, police said.

 

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