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Charles Jones

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Apr 29, 2016

Victim Details

Charles Jones

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2016-04-29

41

Charles

Jones

07/24/2026

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In the spring of 2016, a brazen daylight shooting in the East New York section of Brooklyn claimed the life of 41-year-old Charles Jones. On the morning of April 29th, Jones was found unresponsive with gunshot wounds to his head and torso directly in front of his apartment building on Pennsylvania Avenue. The location of the shooting was alarmingly close to an elementary school. Emergency services rushed him to Brookdale Hospital, but his injuries proved fatal.

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  • New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV: Man fatally shot by hard hat-wearing shooter in East New York; suspect still on the loose
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