Nazim Berry, 37, was allegedly shot and killed because he refused to give away a Black & Mild cigar, according to his mother.
The NYPD is investigating after a 37-year-old man was shot in the head and killed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Monday. Police say that at around 4:15 p.m., officers responded to a 9-1-1 call about a man shot on Franklin Avenue.When they arrived on the scene, they found the victim with a gunshot wound to the head. The man was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County where he was pronounced dead.
"And you know, when you bend down you're tussling and the guy pointed the gun right to the side of his head and shot him."Berry, who lived in the neighborhood with his grandmother, had worked in the bodega for several years, his mother said. He was never in trouble, she said. "I knew it was senseless," she recalled thinking when she heard about the fatal shooting. "I knew that it had to be over something stupid because I know his heart.
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