Crime & Safety
Ditmas Park Man Arrested For Shooting 62-Year-Old In Brownsville, Police Say
Richard Essor has been charged with murdering an unidentified man in Brownsville on Friday evening, police said.
DITMAS PARK, BROOKLYN — Police have arrested a Ditmas Park man for fatally shooting a 62-year-old man Friday night, the NYPD said.
Richard Essor, 33, has been charged with shooting a man twice in the chest near E. 98th Street and Ditmas Avenue around 7 p.m. Friday, police said.
The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was rushed to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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Essor, who lives on East 21st Street near Ditmas Avenue, was arrested on Saturday and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, said police.
Essor was remanded after his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court and is expected to appear in court on Oct. 6, court records show.
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