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Pernell Webster

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated May 18, 2023

Victim Details

Pernell Webster

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2023-05-18

59

Pernell

Webster

07/05/2026

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In the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, a burst of gunfire shattered the late afternoon calm on Thursday, May 18, 2023, leaving a 59-year-old man named Pernell Webster fatally wounded. The shooting occurred at approximately 4:05 p.m. inside the NYCHA Saratoga Houses development on Saratoga Avenue. Webster, a male resident of the area who lived just a few blocks away, was discovered on the 13th floor of the building with gunshot wounds to his arm and torso.

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  • New York Daily News: Man, 59, gunned down in apartment building: police
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    I've been thinking a lot about the security issues in public housing after Pernell Webster's tragic ... ...Read More
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    Does anyone else find it odd that Pernell Webster was on the 13th floor of the Saratoga Village comp... ...Read More
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