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Staten Island Man Shot and Killed Just Blocks From Home

By Alan Neuhauser | November 23, 2012 10:35am
 Police are investigating the death of Omar Fierros Pliego, 33, who was gunned down in St. George Thursday night, Nov. 22, 2012.
Police are investigating the death of Omar Fierros Pliego, 33, who was gunned down in St. George Thursday night, Nov. 22, 2012.
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STATEN ISLAND — A 33-year-old St. George man was gunned down three blocks from his home Thursday night, the NYPD reported.

Omar Fierros Pliego was shot in the torso at Winter and Westervelt avenues about 6:20 p.m., police said.

Fierros Pliego, who was wounded just a few blocks from his home, was rushed to Richmond County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The incident is under investigation.