UPDATE: Police said Friday that the suspect was struck one time in the right hand, not in the left hand and buttock as they reported earlier.

Cops said they arrested Shaquille Reid, 20, and charged him with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.

Metro’s original story is below:

A 20-year-old man was shot by two plainclothes police officers in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn on Thursday evening after he fired at them, cops said.

A police detective and officer from Brooklyn South Narcotics were performing a buy-and-bust operation near 298 Grafton St. around 6 p.m. when they saw the suspect pull out a gun. The officers got out of an unmarked car and began to approach the suspect, who then began firing his Colt .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun at them.

Civilian witnesses heard the cops say “stop” and “get down,” according to the NYPD.

The officers returned fire, striking the suspect in the left hand and buttock, according to police. The suspect was taken to Brookdale Hospital and is in stable condition. Charges against him are pending and the investigation is ongoing.

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A 21-year-old man was shot and killed this morning in Brooklyn.

According to police, cops responded to a 9 a.m. 911 call reporting gunshots on Chester Street.

Cops found the man, 21, shot in the chest and shoulder.

Emergency responders transported him to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.

Police are investigating.

Cops also reported another shooting in Brownsville Sunday.

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UPDATE: The victim has been identified by police as 37-year-old Omar Murray of 204 Lott Ave.

His wife reportedly told police she heard him arguing with someone at their front door, and then heard approximately four gunshots.

She ran to their bedroom at the back of the apartment with their 11-month-old baby, locked the door and called 911, police said.

According to a law enforcement source, Murray was shot in the chest, wrist, thigh and pelvis.

The investigation is ongoing.

Metro’s original story is below.

A 37-year-old man was killed in a shooting in Brownsville on Sunday.

Cops responding to a report of a robbery on the corner of Lott Avenue and Osborn Street discovered the victim with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. The victim, whom police declined to immediately identify, was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No arrests had been made as of Sunday afternoon.

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More than half of children are living in poverty in some New York City neighborhoods.

That is one of the startling statistics in “Keeping Track of New York City’s Children,” a new report issued today by the Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York.

According to the report, children in Bronx and Brooklyn neighborhoods are the city’s children who are most at risk.

In Brownsville, for example, 52 percent of children live in poverty.

And in the Bronx, four out of 10 children were living below the poverty line in 2011, the report stated.

“For far too many New York City children, the cumulative barriers to well being – poverty, food insecurity, unstable housing and lack of access to essential programs – are great,” the group’s director Jennifer March-Joly said.

The Bronx neighborhoods identified in the report as highest risk were Hunts Point, Mott Haven, Morrisania, University Heights and East Tremont.

That borough also has the highest unemployment rate and an increasing percentage of children receiving public assistance, according to the report. It also has the highest teen birth rate, although that has dropped in the last few years.

Additionally, the Bronx has the most children in foster care, the group reported.

In Brooklyn, the data was still sobering, although a bit more positive – about one third of children are in poverty there.

Neighborhoods where kids face the highest risk are Brownsville, Bedford Stuyvesant, East New York, Bushwick and East Flatbush.

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Police responded to reports of gunfire on a rooftop in Brownsville last night that ended with a 16-year-old shot three times.

A uniformed sergeant and officer deployed to the two adjoining roofs beside 2292 Atlantic Avenue, and shot a 16-year-old boy armed with a Ruger revolver.

The boy was shot in the left arm, right arm, and right ankle.

Police report he is in stable condition at Brookdale Hospital.

The officers also took a 22-year-old accomplice into custody.

Neither officer was shot, but both were taken to Jamaica Hospital to be treated for tinnitus.

Charges are pending, police say.

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