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Jorge Briu

Case from Manhattan, NY dated Jun 19, 2014

Victim Details

Jorge Briu

Male

Manhattan

NY

2014-06-19

32

Jorge

Briu

07/16/2026

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On a late evening in June 2014, a violent encounter unfolded on a street in Harlem that would ultimately claim the life of Jorge Briu. The 32-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle at West 136th Street and Riverside Drive when the scene was shattered by gunfire around 11:45 p.m. Briu was struck in the neck, and a second man in the car with him, Arnold Cobo, 21, was shot in the head.

Both men were rushed to the hospital for their critical injuries. While Cobo survived the attack, Briu's con ...
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  • New York Post: Man shot six months ago dies on Christmas day
  • New York Post: Men shot for stiffing drug lord out of $12K: cops
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