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The location of the incident: Franklin Ave. and Union St.

30-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot in Crown Heights

Dion James, 30, was trying to protect his wife from an angry gunman when he was shot twice in the back on Sunday morning in Crown Heights.

He was rushed to Kings County Hospital, but he could not be saved.

The incident took place near the corner of Franklin Ave. and Union St. in Crown Heights shortly before 4:00am on Sunday, June 26.

Police said James was shot while trying to break up a fight between his wife and another man.

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8 Comments

  • mario mendoza

    and up the block people are paying 3-4 k per month
    for a one or two bd room

  • mario mendoza

    u can put up a ski scraper and charge 3 k for a one bedroom apt
    but you can not chase the crime out side . away from yr fancy condo

  • Picaboo Shimon

    how could something so terrible happen on a gentrified corner where rents are over $4,000 a month?

  • DeClasse' Intellectual

    #3) Get real: crime is everywhere, but in New York with its left wing liberalism and political correctness and huge number of people, it becomes common occurrence And, as long schools did not teach ethics or morality in the proper manner as the Rebbe advocate, expect more of the same.

  • 332

    we need some public letters written, asking that all clergy get pro-active in helping with crime and dysfunction. something has to change. there IS a way, and we have to discover what it is. Its certainly not in the way we are all dealing and not dealing with it now.

    • Citizen

      There’s an interesting study that directly ties this type of violence to the lack of a father figure.

  • Yehudah Menasheh Goldstein

    Write to your senators to infuse 7 Laws of Noah in schools