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Charles Williams

Case from Queens, NY dated Sep 28, 2015

Victim Details

Charles Williams

Male

Queens

NY

2015-09-28

26

Charles

Williams

07/15/2026

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Just before dawn on September 28, 2015, gunfire shattered the quiet on Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens, and Charles Williams, 26, a man from Brooklyn, was struck and went down in the roadway outside a hookah lounge.

Investigators said the violence grew out of a confrontation tied to the Crystal Hookah Lounge/Crystal Lounge on Steinway Street between 25th and 28th avenues. Accounts from police spokespeople and early reporting described a dispute that spilled from the venue to the sidew ...
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  • ABC7 New York: 26-year-old man fatally shot on street after hookah bar dispute in Astoria, Queens
  • New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV: Man shot to death outside hookah lounge in Astoria, Queens: NYPD
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