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Teen Fatally Stabbed in the Neck in Sneaker Store, NYPD Says

June 11, 2015 8:49am | Updated June 11, 2015 8:49am
Jamal Joseph was stabbed to death in Allegiance Sneaker on Utica Avenue, police said.
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CROWN HEIGHTS — A teenager was fatally stabbed in a Utica Avenue sneaker store Wednesday night, police said.

Jamal Joseph, 18, was inside Allegiance Sneaker at 249 Utica Ave., near Lincoln Place, at about 6:50 p.m., when he was stabbed in neck, shoulder and torso, NYPD officials said.

Joseph, of East New York, was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital, police said.

There were no immediate arrests.

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