On the early evening of September 12, 2020, the quiet residential stretch of 78th Street near 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights was jolted by gunfire, and Arfan Butt, a 33-year-old man described in Urdu-language community reporting as Pakistani, was left bleeding beside his BMW as neighbors tried to understand how something so violent could unfold so suddenly on their block.
Police were called to the area around 5:20–5:30 p.m., and when officers arrived they found Butt down on the ground wi
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