Crime & Safety
1 Caught Months After Fatal Crown Heights Shooting: NYPD
A 20-year-0ld accused of shooting two people was arrested Wednesday, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, NY — A man accused of fatally shooting a man and injuring another was arrested Wednesday, months after the Crown Heights shooting, police said.
Andrew Decoteau, 20, faces murder and weapons charges related to the April 9 shooting that killed 38-year-old Kevin Alves in the lobby of a building on Bergen Street near New York Avenue, according to the NYPD.
Alves was pronounced dead on the scene about 12:55 a.m. and another man was sent to an area hospital with gunshot wounds to the torso and ear, police said.
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Decoteau was arrested inside his Brooklyn home, according to the New York Daily News.
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