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Cops investigating deadly shooting during brawl at a Corona street corner

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Detectives are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a 26-year-old man following a brawl at a Corona intersection early on Saturday morning.

Police said the shooting occurred at 1:50 a.m. on April 13 at the corner of National Street and Roosevelt Avenue.

Officers from the 110th Precinct responded to the location after receiving a 911 call about shots fired. Upon arriving at the scene, they found 26-year-old Juan Flores with a gunshot wound to his chest.

The New York Post reported that Flores was shot after getting into a physical altercation with a group of people. The suspected shooter is believed to be a man wearing a blue sweatshirt.

Paramedics rushed Flores, who resided on 104th Street in Corona, to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No arrests have been made at this time.