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Richard Brown

Case from Queens, NY dated Jul 27, 2016

Victim Details

Richard Brown

Male

Asian

Queens

NY

2016-07-27

51

Richard

Brown

08/01/2026

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On a summer morning in Queens, New York, a dispute believed to be over drugs turned fatal for 51-year-old Richard Brown. The male victim was outside a motel on Linden Place in Flushing on July 27, 2016, when the encounter escalated. At approximately 11:30 a.m., an argument took place between Brown and another man.

As Brown bent down to tie his shoe, the other man allegedly fired a single shot, striking Brown in the right side of the head. Emergency services were called to the scene, and B ...
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  • QNS: Gunman speaks with victim, then shoots him dead on a Flushing street, cops say - QNS.com
  • NY Daily News: Man, 50, shot dead in Queens drug dispute; gunman still on loose
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