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Jahzeph Crooks

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Aug 29, 2014

Victim Details

Jahzeph Crooks

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2014-08-29

19

Jahzeph

Crooks

07/21/2026

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On a summer evening in 2014, a 19-year-old Black male named Jahzeph Crooks was fatally shot inside a liquor store in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. The young man was with his sister on their way to a barbecue on August 29th, in a part of the borough they had never visited before. It was a tragic case of being in the wrong place at the very moment someone else was seeking misguided revenge.

The man responsible for the shooting was Clayton Gravenhise, a member of the Hood Starz stre ...
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  • NBC New York: Teen Charged in Fatal Liquor Store Shooting: NYPD
  • NBC New York: 2 Shot in Brooklyn Liquor Store Attack
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