Indiana college student, 20, killed by stray bullet in Brooklyn

NEW YORK - A 20-year-old college student from Indiana was killed by a stray bullet in Brooklyn early Saturday morning, police said.

Ethan Williams, of Indianapolis, was sitting on a stoop in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn with a group of friends when several shots were fired at about 2:30 a.m., police said. Williams was shot in the chest.

"I remember in my head there were 5 shots deliberately," a neighbor who lived nearby told FOX 5 NY. "One of his friends says 'He's shot' and he collapsed on the step."

EMS rushed him to Wyckoff Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

According to a neighbor, the young student was in town with a group of friends renting an Airbnb in order to make skateboarding videos.

A spokesman for Indiana University told FOX 5 NY that Williams was a current student and that "we are reaching out to the family after what appears to be a terribly tragic circumstance."

No arrests have been made and an investigation into the incident is ongoing.

With the Associated Press.