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Brooklyn Man Stabbed to Death in Bed-Stuy Deli

February 15, 2012 7:49am | Updated February 15, 2012 7:49am
A man was stabbed to death in Bed-Stuy Wednesday morning.
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BROOKLYN — An 18-year-old man was stabbed to death early Wednesday in a Bedford-Stuyvesant deli about a block from his home, police said.

Tyreak Watts was stabbed once in the chest just inside of Gourmet Deli at 54 Lewis Avenue, police said. By the time paramedics arrived just after midnight, he was already dead, cops said.

Watts lived a block away on Vernon Avenue.

No weapon has been recovered.

Police were investigating what led to the stabbing.

No one has been arrested.

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