Two shot and four wounded in shooting outside Brooklyn church

Christian Today staff writer

Two people were killed and four wounded in a shooting after they left a funeral service in New York City's borough of Brooklyn on Monday night, according to media and police.

Police identified the two victims killed in the shooting as 40-year-old Sharieff Clayton and 44-year-old Ronald Murphy.

Two other men and two women were treated for wounds at hospitals, The New York Police Department said in a statement.

The shooting began outside the Emmanuel Church of God, a Pentecostal church, at around 8:30pm local time.

The New York Times reported that the victims had left the funeral service when the shooting broke out. Police could not immediately confirm that detail, but said no one was in custody and the investigation was ongoing.

Earlier today, Emmanuel Church tweeted that no one from the congregation had been harmed in the shooting, and asked for prayers for the families.

UPDATE! Our Emmanuel family is fine and we ask that you continue to pray for the families at this time. God Bless!

— Emmanuel COG (@EmmanuelCOG) April 28, 2015 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

Additional reporting by Reuters

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