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New Arrest Made In Fatal Bed-Stuy Shooting In Spring: NYPD

Two men have been arrested on murder charges since Lateek Poindexter, 29, was shot in the head outside a Bed-Stuy bodega in May, cops said.

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Two men have been arrested on murder charges since Lateek Poindexter, 29, was shot in the head outside a Bed-Stuy bodega in May, cops said.
Two men have been arrested on murder charges since Lateek Poindexter, 29, was shot in the head outside a Bed-Stuy bodega in May, cops said. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — A Harlem man has been arrested months after a 29-year-old was shot dead in Bed-Stuy, police announced late Sunday night.

Taekwon Hart, 28, faces a murder charge linked to May's fatal shooting of Lateek Poindexter, 29, who was shot in the head outside a bodega on Marcy and Lexington avenues, police said.

This is the second arrest in the case as Daniel Hurdle, 30, was arrested on the same charges in October, officials said.

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Poindexter was shot on May 31 at just past 1:30 a.m. and later died at Kings County Hospital, said police.

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