Sushi Delivery Man Caught in Drug Shootout Crossfire

073109shooting.jpg A delivery man for Brooklyn restaurant Sushi Tatsu on Franklin Avenue (in Crown Heights? Prospect Heights? Discuss.) was in the wrong place at the wrong time last night—right outside his restaurant. Police say Lin Jun, 21, was in front of Sushi Tatsu around 7:30 p.m. when he got caught in the crossfire between warring drug dealers. Jun took at least one bullet in the stomach, staggered into the restaurant and collapsed in a pool of blood. Sushi Tatsu manager Helen Wong tells the Daily News, "It took the ambulance 15 minutes to get here, I can't believe it." Jun's currently in critical condition at Kings County Hospital. An unidentified second man, whom police say was the intended target, was shot in the shoulder and is listed in stable condition at the same hospital. And the perpetrators are still at large.

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Is it Crown Heights or Prospect Heights? Depends on who you talk to and which direction you'd take. I lived on Prospect Place between Classon and Franklin Ave and I always told my friends upon leaving the building that if you turned right you were in Prospect Heights, you turned left you are in Crown Heights. So if you'd ask me, I'd say Crown Heights.

yes, crown heights.

I love that place, I hope that guy makes a full recovery

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911 is a joke.
Thought ya knew?

Try the Huntington Roll. Delicious.

Get well soon Lin!

This is Crown Heights for sure. Lots of shootings going on these days.

Any description of these gun wielding animals?

Crown Heights, trust me. Hope the delivery guy makes a full recovery.

Washington is the border, obvs. Crown Heights.

yesterday was an eventful day for me cause i was on the subway that cut the power lines in the morning and witnessed this scene on the way back from work. i was on the bus a block away when it happened.. there was a crowd of people at the site, a few cops, none of whom looked interested in helping the victim who was on the floor. a lady on the bus said she heard 4 shots, i had headphones on and didn't hear anything. right, so, it's crown heights by 2 long-ish avenues.

Prospect Heights!

For generations, Prospect Heights ended at Franklin, despite what all you newbie midwestern transplants are being told.

Why do you think Prospect Heights HS was located east of Washington, if Washington was the dividing line? You don't think native Brooklynites knew where their neighborhood was?

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