By Associated Press - Wednesday, December 13, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police say an 80-year-old bodega owner has been shot and killed inside his Brooklyn store.

Police say the fatal shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the East New York deli. Authorities say 80-year-old Abdulla Yafaee got into an argument with a man before he was shot in the chest.

Yafaee was taken to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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No arrests have been made. Police continue to investigate.

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