


A 24-year-old man was shot dead outside a Brooklyn deli about a block from his home in mid-afternoon, authorities said Tuesday.
The victim, identified by cops as Nelson Ortiz, was blasted twice in the torso in front of the Midway Deli and Grill on Avenue L near East 95th Street in Canarsie around 4:15 p.m. Monday, police said.
Ortiz, who lived about a block from the scene, was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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Two men fled the scene, heading south on East 95th Street, authorities said.
Both were described as having dark complexions – with one wearing a yellow sweater and yellow sneakers, and the other dressed in a blue hooded shirt with yellow stripes, cops said.
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No arrests have been made. The motive for the bloodshed was unclear Tuesday morning.
In another act of violence, inside a Brooklyn deli this time, a hateful crew assailed another man with racist comments and beat him, cops said.
The victim, a 58-year-old man, was inside the 1716 Mermaid Avenue Deli and Grill in Coney Island around 2:20 p.m. Saturday when the four creeps approached him and snarled, “Where’s the sand n—r?” before striking him in the face and head, authorities said.
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One of the men then hit him with a metal pipe.
The victim was taken to NYU Langone Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident.