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Popular Radio DJ Identified as Victim of Fatal East New York Hit-and-Run

By Trevor Kapp | December 20, 2016 9:21am
 DJ Jinx Paul was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in East New York early Monday, police said.
DJ Jinx Paul was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in East New York early Monday, police said.
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BROOKLYN — Police identified the victim of a fatal hit-and-run in East New York early Monday as the beloved radio DJ for a popular Spanish music station.

DJ Jinx Paul — whose real name was Jean Paul Guerrero — was fatally hit by a black sedan while he was crossing Jamaica and Sheffield avenues about 4 a.m., according to police and his radio station, Mega 97.9.

He was taken to Brookdale Hospital but couldn’t be saved.

The driver fled and was last seen on Fulton Street near Eastern Parkway, police said.