Lefferts Bat Attack: Victim Dies, Suspect Charged With Murder

LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN — A Flatbush man who was the victim of a brutal baseball bat attack on Aug. 7 has died, police said, and the NYPD have charged a man from Lefferts Gradens with murder.

Wade Dixon, 49, was walking in front of 578 Albany Ave. — near Crown Heights and Brownsville — when he was repeatedly struck in the head by a man wielding a bat, police said. The assailant then fled the scene.

Dixon subsequently died from his injuries, the NYPD said. But on Tuesday, the department announced that Hakeem Drawhorn, a 30-year-old from Lefferts Gardens, had bee arrested on Aug. 11 and charged by police with murder.

Citing unnamed sources, the New York Daily News reported that Dixon and Drawhorn were linked by a woman they had both dated.

Anyone with information on this attack can confidentially report it using the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or by anonymously calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

Dixon was killed in the NYPD's 71st Precinct, which patrols Lefferts Gardens. Through Aug. 7, major crimes were collectively down about 15 percent in the 71st compared to the same period last year, according to police statistics.

However, felony assaults are up slightly, with 216 recorded through Aug. 7 compared to 207 during the same period in 2015.

Pictured at top: the scene of the crime. Image via Google Maps