Alleged robber dies in police shooting in Brooklyn

Police opened fire on two men who were allegedly robbing a car wash in Brooklyn early Monday, killing one of them. Officers saw the two men robbing the car wash, at the corner of Fountain Avenue and Linden Boulevard in the East New York section, at about 1:50 a.m., police said. They fired at the two suspects, and one _ an 18-year-old whose name was not released _ was struck in the torso. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:24 a.m., police said. The second suspect, a 20-year-old man, was arrested at the scene, and a gun was recovered, police said. It was unclear what led officers to open fire, said Detective Bernard Gifford, a police department spokesman. [more ]