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A 15-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded on a Brooklyn street Monday night, according to police.

The teen was shot on Lafayette Ave. near Stuyvesant Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant at about 10 p.m., cops said.

Rescuers rushed him to Kings County Hospital in critical condition. Police could provide no information early Tuesday on a motive for the shooting.

The attack took place across the street from the Jesse Owens Playground.