🌱 Crown Heights Precinct Outrage + Bed-Stuy Murder Suicide

Happy Friday, neighbors! I am your host, Patrick Murray here with three headlines to kick off your day.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny with a high of 70 and a low of 50.

Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. A quote written on the wall of a Crown Heights precinct has spurred an outrage from New Yorkers. The Ernest Hemingway quote reads, "There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it never care for anything else thereafter." Many have come out and criticized the precinct for glorifying violence and using language that would be typically targeted at animals. (Patch)
2. A man and woman were found fatally shot inside a Brooklyn apartment in an apparent murder-suicide. Officers from the 81st precinct made the discovery while responding to a 911 call from the Medgar Evers apartments in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Both victims were found dead at the scene, the woman with a gunshot wound to her head, and the man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. (AMNY)
3. Domenico "Dom" De Marco, legendary founder of Di Fara Pizza, has died at the age of 85. After emigrating from Italy in 1959, De Marco founded the Brooklyn staple on Avenue J in Midwood. Online tributes are pouring in for the beloved Brooklyn restauranteur and his family. (Brooklyn Magazine)

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Today in Brooklyn:

• Live music at The Brooklyn Monarch. (6 p.m.)
• Kim Gordon live at Webster Hall. (6:30 p.m.)
• Wet Cash! Free standup comedy at Stars Café. (7:30 p.m.)
• Jay Jurden, live at The Comedy Bureau. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Brooklyn Ninja Academy in Gowanus opened in February, learn from the pros! (News 12 Bronx)
• Red Hook to host the New York City E-Prix this summer. (Business Wire)
• Permits were filed for 88 North 1st St. in Williamsburg. (New York YIMBY)
• Here are five latest properties for sale in Brooklyn. (Brooklyn Patch)

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— Patrick Murray