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A 25-year-old man was killed and his 19-year-old girlfriend injured in a shooting outside a Brooklyn housing development on Halloween.

A gunman opened fire, striking both victims outside NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses at Brown Street and Avenue V in Sheepshead Bay – where the girlfriend lives – around 5:10 p.m. Monday, police said.

The man, identified early Tuesday as Jamel Nicholson, was shot once in the buttocks and once in the chest. He was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where was pronounced dead.

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Police at the scene of a shooting at the Nostrand Houses in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn on October 31, 2022.
Police at the scene of a shooting at the Nostrand Houses in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn on October 31, 2022.Wayne Carrington
A 29-year-old man was killed and a 19-year-old woman was injured in the shooting.
A 29-year-old man was killed and a 19-year-old woman was injured in the shooting.Wayne Carrington
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The gunman is still at large after the Brooklyn shooting.
The gunman is still at large after the Brooklyn shooting.Wayne Carrington
An NYPD detective surveys the area where a man opened fire and struck two victims outside NYCHA's Nostrand Houses in Brooklyn on Oct. 31, 2022.
An NYPD detective surveys the area where a man opened fire and struck two victims outside NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses in Brooklyn on Oct. 31, 2022. Wayne Carrington
A jacket that police are using as evidence is spotted on the ground following a double shooting that took place in Brooklyn on Oct. 31, 2022.
A jacket that police are using as evidence is spotted on the ground following the double shooting that took place in Brooklyn on Oct. 31, 2022. Wayne Carrington
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Police are spotted at the scene of a double shooting where a man and a teenage girl died in Brooklyn on Oct. 31, 2022.
Police are spotted at the scene of a double shooting where a man and a teenage girl died in Brooklyn on Oct. 31, 2022.Wayne Carrington
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The teenager was shot in the chest, right knee and right hip. She was also taken to Brookdale Hospital and is expected to survive.

The gunman remains at large and the investigation is ongoing. 

Additional reporting by Amanda Woods

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