Breaking: NYPD searching for Sundance Oliver in three shootings that left two people dead, including 17-year-old girl in Brooklyn.
Police say the shooting spree started around 9:30 a.m. Monday in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Oliver allegedly tried to rob a 39-year-old woman of her cellphone and jacket outside the Kingsborough Houses. Sources told CBS2 he fired off a shot, hitting a 96-year-old man in a wheelchair who was waiting for a bus across the street. The victim was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his right ankle. He is expected to survive. Then around 2:40 p.m. Monday, police received a 911 call about another shooting in Lower Manhattan. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Shortly before midnight, police say Oliver shot a 17-year-old girl in the chest back at the Kingsborough Houses in Crown Heights. Investigators believe the 21-year-old and 17-year-old victims were"associates" of Oliver.
"Based on evidence collected at all three crime scenes and a number of investigative steps, it has been determined that the shooter is the same in all three of these incidents," NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell told reporters. Sewell added the NYPD is on"high alert," and Oliver should be considered"armed and extremely dangerous."Oliver has the letters"M" and"G" tattooed under his eye and has a large rose with the words"rich forever" tattooed on his neck. https://www.cbsnews.
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