Bicyclist Shoots Man Dead in Backseat of Uber Car: NYPD

A man who had just hopped into an Uber car in Brooklyn was shot and killed by another man on a bicycle, police say.

Gunfire rang out in front of a home on Bedford Avenue in Bed-Stuy at around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the NYPD. Police say the 26-year-old man was sitting in the backseat of the ride-share vehicle, when the suspect opened the door, exchanged words with the victim and shot him in the neck and chest.

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The bicycle-riding suspect then pedaled off.

Paramedics rushed the victim to an area hospital, where he pronounced dead, officials said. The name of the man who died has not yet been released.

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No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.

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