Desmond Francis died at age 36 after being shot “by mistake” by his friend outside a smoke shop in Brooklyn (NYC) mid-morning.
The unidentified suspect allegedly shot Francis in the chest outside the store located near Ralph and Sutter avenues in Brownsville around 10:20 a.m. Monday, the NYPD said.
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A man recently killed outside a Brooklyn smoke shop was the friend of the shooter — who apparently didn’t recognize the victim.
“On 911, we can hear, ‘I didn’t know it was you. I’m really, really sorry.’”https://t.co/Vv3WycgaG6
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The gunman was outside the store holding two plastic bags when Francis playfully grabbed them, but the suspect thought he was being robbed and didn’t recognize his friend’s face before shooting him, authorities said. An employee at a nearby Papa Johns pizzeria said I had heard two shots.
“I didn’t know it was you, I’m very, very sorry,” the suspect allegedly told Francis in a 911 call what he did after the shooting, he said Pix11. He then stayed with the victim to comfort her for a few minutes before leaving with her plastic bags, detectives said.
“At some point he hears the sirens, (runs away) and… lets his friend die,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Tuesday. Francis He was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital, where he died of cardiac arrest.. The gunman has not been arrested.
Francis lived a few blocks away with his mother and left behind a 4-year-old orphaned girl. He also dreamed of starting his own transportation company and had recently purchased two trucks, he told Daily News his aunt Vivian Philips.
Smoke shops, with or without licenses, have become the scene of violence, including robberies and homicides.especially from the legalization of recreational and medical marijuana in New York in 2021.
New York is the city that consumes the most marijuana in the world, according to the Cannabis Global Price Index 2023.
2024-01-25 14:19:00
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