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Cleveland Clay

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated May 01, 2023

Victim Details

Cleveland Clay

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2023-05-01

36

Cleveland

Clay

07/06/2026

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On May 1, 2023, Cleveland Clay, a 36-year-old Black male, was fatally shot in Brooklyn, New York. The incident occurred in a parking lot in East New York, a neighborhood known for a stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue referred to as the “Penn Track,” an area recognized as an open-air commercial sex market. Clay was shot multiple times at close range and succumbed to his injuries later that day.

The events leading to Clay's death began a day earlier, on April 30, 2023, over a dispute involv ...
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  • New York Daily News: Man fatally shot on Brooklyn street stumbles to his car before dying
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