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Benedict Benny Sam

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated May 31, 2016

Victim Details

Benedict Benny Sam

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2016-05-31

46

Benedict

Benny Sam

06/30/2026

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In the early hours of May 31, 2016, a Memorial Day block party in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn was shattered by violence, leaving a 46-year-old man, Benedict 'Benny' Sam, dead from a gunshot wound to the chest. The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. near the intersection of St. John's Place and Schenectady Avenue, as the sizable gathering of about 250 people was beginning to wind down. Sam, who worked as an unlicensed livery cab driver, was reportedly trying to de-escalate a heated ...
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  • New York Post: Sneakerhead fatally shoots man over Air Jordans: cops
  • NY Daily News: Cabbie fatally shot at Memorial Day block party in Brooklyn

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