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Indian man shot dead in Brooklyn road rage incident
The consulate is in touch with the family and is extending all possible assistance.
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Staff Reporter - Mon, 24, Aug 2026
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A 27-year-old Indian man was shot to death in Brooklyn in what police are investigating as a possible road rage clash while he was delivering pizza.
Gurdeep Singh was shot seven times in the chest and torso during a confrontation on Crescent Street near Stanley Avenue outside the Pink Houses in East New York at about 9:55 p.m. Aug. 21, police said.
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Paramedics rushed Singh, who was from Punjab, to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“We are deeply saddened to learn about the untimely demise of Mr. Gurdeep Singh, an Indian national, who tragically lost his life in a shooting incident in Brooklyn, New York. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with his family during this difficult time,” the Consulate General of India in New York said in a post on X.
The consulate is in touch with the family and is extending all possible assistance.
We are deeply saddened to learn about the untimely demise of Mr. Gurdeep Singh, an Indian national, who tragically lost his life in a shooting incident in Brooklyn, New York.
— India in New York (@IndiainNewYork) August 24, 2026
Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with his family during this difficult time. The Consulate is…
Singh’s bullet-ridden body was found near his moped, a police source said. Witnesses told police the shooter fled the scene in a black Lexus, sources said.
Surveillance video obtained by ABC7 New York shows two men fighting in the street before gunshots ring out, and a vehicle swerves around the moped, appearing to flee the scene.
Police spent hours searching the neighborhood for evidence late Aug. 21 night into Saturday morning.
No arrests have been made so far. The investigation is ongoing.
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