A Panamanian named Xavier, 40, was shot in the head on Friday night in Brooklyn, when the targets were being held prior to the Saturday parade to celebrate in New York the separation of #Panama from #Colombia.
The victim was walking down Albemarle Road near Bedford Ave. in Flatbush around 10:40 p.m. carrying a bottle of Hennessy Cognac and waving a small Panamanian flag, but then a subject approached in the middle of the crowd and shot him in the back of the head. .
A police officer performed resuscitation maneuvers with the subject lying on the pavement and he was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
“The shooting was an unfortunate incident that was not related to the official program or sponsored by the organization of the Independent Panamanian Committee Day in NY…we pray for the family of the man killed as a result of this terrible event,” said the leadership. of the committee.
It transpired that the now victim was included in an investigation into the murder of a person in the middle of an assault in September 2008, which led to his arrest in August 2017.
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