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Robert Burks

Case from Bellport, NY dated Nov 05, 2015

Victim Details

Robert Burks

Male

Black / African American

Bellport

NY

2015-11-05

52

Robert

Burks

07/19/2026

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In the early morning hours of November 5, 2015, the quiet of a North Bellport neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a ShotSpotter activation at 12:54 a.m., Suffolk County Police officers arrived on Bellport Avenue to a grim discovery. There, in front of a house, lay the body of 52-year-old Robert Burks, a longtime resident of the area. He had been shot and killed by an unknown assailant.

Robert Burks, a male who had attended Bellport High School, was described ...
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  • New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV: Man shot and killed in North Bellport, cops say
  • Robert Burks of North Bellport is fatally shot; third Suffolk homicide ...
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