Crime & Safety
81st Pct. Police Bulletin: Homicide
A man identified as Abraham Lawson was murdered this afternoon, with gunshot wounds to the head
On Saturday, July 23, 2011 at approximately 1:00pm, 81st Precinct police officers responded to a call of a 46-year-old man shot in the head outside of 225 Chauncey Street.
The man has been identified as Abraham Lawson of Patchen Avenue in Bed-Stuy.
Lawson was transported to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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There are no arrests at this time. Proper family notification is pending, and the police investigation is ongoing.
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