Crime & Safety
Cousin Fatally Stabbed Teen In Crown Heights: Police, Reports
Police have identified the 18-year-old who was fatally stabbed on Troy Avenue on Wednesday.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police identified the teen fatally stabbed in Crown Heights Wednesday morning and have taken his cousin into custody, according to police and reports.
Jahmer Wilson-Freeman, 18, was stabbed in the chest in a Troy Avenue building near Dean Street just before 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to police.
The teen, who lived in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, was rushed to Interfaith Hospital but did not survive his injuries, according to police.
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An 18-year-old — who the Daily News reports is Wilson-Freeman's cousin — was taken into custody after the stabbing with charges pending as of Thursday morning, police said.
Police told the Daily News the two cousins had argued about money inside the Troy Avenue apartment where their grandmother lived.
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