Man shot in his car near Brooklyn Academy of Music

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Monday, October 12, 2015, 4:58 AM
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Police inspect a Jeep which crashed at the corner of DeKalb Avenue and Rockwell Place after its driver was shot on Sunday, October 11 2015. Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News

Police inspect a Jeep which crashed at the corner of DeKalb Avenue and Rockwell Place after its driver was shot on Sunday, October 11 2015.

A man was shot in gunplay near the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Sunday night.

He was fired on in a car at Ashland Pl. and Fulton St., just steps from the BAM Harvey Theater in Fort Greene, around 11 p.m., said police sources.

The shooting victim had attempted to drive his black Jeep Wrangler, which had a shattered passenger window, down the street but crashed into a metal fence at Dekalb Ave. and Rockwell Pl., the sources said.

The shooting victim had attempted to drive his black Jeep Wrangler but crashed into a metal fence at Dekalb Ave. and Rockwell Pl., the sources said. Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News

The shooting victim had attempted to drive his black Jeep Wrangler but crashed into a metal fence at Dekalb Ave. and Rockwell Pl., the sources said.

The man was rushed to Brooklyn Hospital Center in critical condition, according to the police.

It was not immediately clear what sparked the violence.

jstepansky@nydailynews.com

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