Crime & Safety

Police: Man Found Shot to Death in Car in Brentwood

Man found dead inside car riddled with bullet holes, police say.

Police are investigating the shooting death of a man who was found in a parked car in Brentwood Monday morning. 

Third Precinct officers responded after a 911 caller reported a man injured inside a vehicle with bullet holes through the car’s window in front of 152 Twinlawns Avenue.  

Officers found a man inside the Nissan Sentra dead of a gunshot wound at about 6:20 a.m., police said. 

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The man’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, police said. 

Detectives are asking anyone with information on the shooting to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

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