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Justin Baerga

Case from Queens, NY dated Jul 02, 2022

Victim Details

Justin Baerga

Male

Black / African American

Queens

NY

2022-07-02

24

Justin

Baerga

07/16/2026

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A night of celebration turned into a tragedy on July 2, 2022, in the Richmond Hill section of Queens. Justin Baerga, a 24-year-old male, was celebrating his birthday, which had been just days earlier, at a party hosted at an auto repair shop called D-Touch Collision. The festivities at the 89th Avenue garage were tragically cut short at approximately 9:39 p.m. that evening.

A black SUV arrived near the location, and a man, later identified as 27-year-old Curtis Benjamin of South Ozone Par ...
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  • KISS 104.1 FM: 1 killed, 3 injured in shooting inside NYC mechanic shop
  • PIX11: 1 dead, 3 injured in Queens party shooting: NYPD
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