Baseball player, 23 – who was attacked in the park lot of a burger king in Yonkers, New York – declared brain dead after weeks in hospital

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A 23-year-old baseball prospect who was shot last month in a fast-food parking lot in New York has died.

A spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner’s office says Mike Nolan’s death was reported to the office on Friday.

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The Journal News said Nolan had been declared brain dead on Thursday.

Nolan was shot on 18 September in the parking lot of a Burger King in Yonkers. Police have made no arrests.

He had been hospitalized in New York City since the shooting.

Nolan was drafted by Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.

The left-handed pitcher’s mother, Donna Nolan, said the team sent flowers to the family’s home.

Nolan’s father, Jimmy Nolan, said the young man’s family planned to donate his organs.