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13-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Brooklyn, Gang Affiliation Suspected

Troy Gill was targeted after attending a Nets game, highlighting a surge in Crown Heights violence.

  • 13-year-old Troy Gill was fatally shot in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, believed to be targeted due to his affiliation with the Trench Crew gang.
  • The incident occurred as Gill was returning home from a Brooklyn Nets game, shortly after exiting an Uber.
  • Gill managed to call his mother to inform her he had been shot before collapsing near the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.
  • The shooting is part of a spate of violence in Crown Heights, marking the third homicide in the area this week.
  • No arrests have been made, and the investigation into Gill's murder and its potential gang-related motives continues.
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