A 31-year-old man identified as Julius Caesar was fatally shot in Crown Heights on the evening of Monday, July 8, 2019. The shooting occurred around 5:40 p.m. while Caesar was seated in a car on Union Street near Utica Avenue.

After the shooting the occupants tried to drive to Kings County Hospital, but the car managed only about five blocks before crashing at Brooklyn Avenue and Midwood Street. Emergency medical services transported Caesar from the crash scene to the hospital, where he later died of his injuries.

Whoever has information about that evening on Union Street near Utica Avenue is asked to come forward.