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Melvin Pippins

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Oct 14, 2015

Victim Details

Melvin Pippins

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2015-10-14

25

Melvin

Pippins

07/31/2026

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Melvin Pippins, a 25-year-old male from Crown Heights, was fatally shot in a car-to-car shooting in the early morning hours of October 14, 2015, in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Around 1:45 a.m., near 165 East 19th Street, Pippins was shot in the chest. Surveillance video captured him stumbling out of his car and across the street before collapsing. He was transported to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. In the immediate aftermath, the NYPD stated that the investigation was ongoing a ...
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  • New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV: Man dies after being shot in Brooklyn: NYPD
  • New York Post: Man fatally shot while smoking pot in his car
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