A 60-year-old man was shot to death Sunday morning on a Brooklyn street known as open-air prostitution market.
Witnesses told police they heard a gunshot, saw the victim on the ground and saw a gray Dodge Charger speeding away, according to police sources.
Doctors took the victim to Brookdale University Hospital, but he could not be saved. Her name was not immediately released.
Police made no arrests and an NYPD spokesperson did not elaborate on a motive.
The man was killed in a desolate industrial area near Pennsylvania Avenue known as Penn Track, which is notorious for open prostitution activities.
Several pimps accused of forcing women to work in the area have been arrested for a series of violent crimes over the past two years.
In April, three men were hit with a series of federal charges for trafficking in women, including two who killed a rival to prevent one of his prostitutes from changing allegiance, prosecutors charge.
The feds arrested more two alleged pimps who worked in the area last year — one of whom is accused of forcing a 14-year-old girl to live naked with him on Staten Island and serve him like a servant — while the Brooklyn district attorney’s office charged a third.
Another Penn Track pimp who was arrested in 2022 took a plea deal in Brooklyn Federal Court in November.
