DOE employee, 19, shot in the head in Brooklyn, police say

FLATLANDS, Brooklyn (PIX11) --- A 19-year-old Department of Education employee was shot in the head a block away from a Brooklyn school Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The shooting occurred inside a grocery store on Avenue M in Flatlands at around 2:50 p.m. The male victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said.

The victim is a paraprofessional at the DOE, the agency confirmed. He had just left work at P.S. 203 when he was shot, according to police.

“I am absolutely heartbroken and outraged that one of our dedicated employees was senselessly a victim of random gun violence. Our educators, our students, and our families deserve better than living with the threat of gun violence," DOE Chancellor David C. Banks said in a statement.

Surveillance video showed a suspect leaving the scene in a dark-colored Lexus, police said.

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