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Shaun West

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Nov 11, 2015

Victim Details

Shaun West

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2015-11-11

36

Shaun

West

07/07/2026

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On a November evening in 2015, the life of 36-year-old Shaun West was abruptly ended in a Brooklyn apartment. The male victim was inside a fifth-floor unit in the Taylor-Wythe Houses in Williamsburg on November 11th, awaiting a female visitor, when two men reportedly burst in and shot him in the head. West, who resided on South 9th Street, was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders who found him unconscious and unresponsive around 9:45 p.m.

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  • NY Daily News: Teen busted for fatally shooting man in head in Brooklyn
  • New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV: Man, 36, shot in the head inside Brooklyn public housing complex: NYPD
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