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Man Arrested for Crown Heights Homicide, Cops Say

 Dayshawn Walkin was arrested for killing Jermaine Benjamin on June 25th, cops said.
Dayshawn Walkin was arrested for killing Jermaine Benjamin on June 25th, cops said.
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NEW YORK CITY — A man has been arrested in the murder of Jermaine Benjamin, 32, in Brooklyn last month.

Dayshawn Walkin, 20, of Crown Heights, was arrested Wednesday and charged with murdering Benjamin during a heated argument near 1316 St. James Pl. about 11:40 p.m. June 25th, according to the NYPD.

Benjamin was rushed to Interfaith Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Walkin has been arrested about a dozen times, cops said, for assault, gang assault, and theft of service.