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Man Shot to Death in Crown Heights

June 26, 2013 7:20am | Updated June 27, 2013 8:05am
A 31-year-old man was shot to death outside a Crown Heights apartment building Tuesday night, cops said.
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CROWN HEIGHTS — The NYPD is investigating the shooting death of a man on St. Johns Place Tuesday night.

Jermaine Benjamin, 32, was shot multiple times in the torso outside an apartment building at 1316 St. Johns Place, near Troy Avenue, cops said.

Police responded to an 11:39 p.m. 911 call, and Benjamin was taken to Interfaith Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.

No arrests have been made.

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