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Bronx Suspects Arraigned in Killing of MoMA Cook Over iPhone

By Wil Cruz | May 3, 2012 2:58pm
Dominick Davis and Alejandro Campos (second and third from left, respectively) were arraigned on April 27, 2012, on charges they killed Hwang Yang over his iPhone.
Dominick Davis and Alejandro Campos (second and third from left, respectively) were arraigned on April 27, 2012, on charges they killed Hwang Yang over his iPhone.
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RIVERSIDE — The two suspects accused of gunning down a MoMA cook for his iPhone have been arraigned on murder charges, authorities said.

Dominick Davis, 20, and Alejandro Campos, 21, both of Staten Island, were arraigned Friday for allegedly killing Hwang Yang, a 26-year-old cook at The Modern at the MoMA.

They were charged second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, first-degree robbery and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the criminal complaint filed in Bronx Supreme Court.

Prosecutors say Davis approached Yang, who was walking home from the train station, at West 232nd Street, just a few blocks away from his home. That's when he allegedly shot the former Sunday school teacher in the left torso, authorities said.

Hwang Yang, 26, a cook at The Modern at MoMA, was shot and killed on April 19, 2012.
Hwang Yang, 26, a cook at The Modern at MoMA, was shot and killed on April 19, 2012.
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Davis then took Yang's iPhone and fled with Campos, who was waiting nearby in a getaway car, prosecutors said.

They are scheduled to appear in court again on Monday.