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Paul Pinkney

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Aug 16, 2020

Victim Details

Paul Pinkney

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2020-08-16

47

Paul

Pinkney

07/11/2026

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In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Brooklyn, a cascade of violence claimed the life of 47-year-old Paul Pinkney. On August 16, 2020, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Pinkney was shot and killed at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Parkside Avenue in the Prospect Lefferts Garden neighborhood. Of Trinidadian descent, Pinkney was known to some by the nickname 'P-Funk' or the alias Jordan Michael. His death was the second fatal shooting in the immediate area within a span of just two days, creating a ...
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  • New York Post: Man fatally shot at gun-violence memorial as NYC shootings rage on
  • amNewYork: NYC SHOOTINGS: Two more dead in overnight gunfire, more than 40 shot this weekend - amNewYork
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