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Unique Smith

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Sep 07, 2022

Victim Details

Unique Smith

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2022-09-07

15

Unique

Smith

07/03/2026

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In the afternoon of September 7, 2022, 15-year-old Unique Smith was fatally shot in McLaughlin Park in Brooklyn, New York. A student at the nearby Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School, Smith was sitting on a park bench with two female friends when he was approached by two other young men. An argument escalated into a fistfight, during which one of the individuals, wearing a mask, pulled out a gun and shot Smith once in the abdomen. He was rushed to New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital ...
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  • New York Post: 15-year-old student killed in shooting after leaving school in Downtown Brooklyn park
  • 15-year-old killed in Brooklyn park ID'd, shooting believed to be ...
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