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Man Killed After Asking For Cigarette In Hell's Kitchen: NYPD
The man was fatally beaten with a cane in the middle of the afternoon on a Hell's Kitchen street, police said.

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The man was fatally beaten with a cane in the middle of the afternoon on a Hell's Kitchen street, police said.

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