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Robert Brown

Case from Hempstead-village, NY dated May 23, 2014

Victim Details

Robert Brown

Male

Black / African American

Hempstead-village

NY

2014-05-23

16

Robert

Brown

07/09/2026

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In the late hours of a Friday night in Hempstead Village, 16-year-old Robert Brown of Westbury was tragically killed. On May 23, 2014, just before midnight, the young man was at a friend's home on Bennett Avenue. He had just stepped outside, reportedly to walk to a nearby convenience store, when he was shot. Friends inside the house heard the gunshot and Brown's cries as he staggered back into the residence, having been shot in the chest.

His friends attempted to comfort him and keep him ...
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  • Hempstead Shooting Leaves Boy, 16, Dead - Long Island Press
  • Police: Hempstead shooting death of boy, 16, may be gang-related
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