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12-year-old boy shot in the leg on Brownsville, Brooklyn street

New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaks with the media during a news conference  in Manhattan on June 25, 2014.
New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaks with the media during a news conference in Manhattan on June 25, 2014. Photo Credit: Nina Ruggiero

A 12-year-old boy was shot in the leg Monday afternoon in the Brownsville neighborhood in Brooklyn, police said.

The boy, who was not identified, was outside a house on Lott Avenue near Osborn Street just before 4:15 p.m. when the bullet struck him, police said.

He was taken to Kings County Hospital Center in stable condition.

The man who shot him fled south on Stone Street wearing a gray sweatshirt, police said.