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Newburgh crime wave claims second victim
NEWBURGH (AP) — Police in Newburgh say the shooting death of a 21-year-old man capped a 24-hour spate of gang violence.
According to police, the latest killing happened shortly after 9 p.m. Friday when someone shot John “Tarzan” Maldonado three times — in his chest, the side of his torso and near his hip.
Maldonado was pronounced dead at 9:44 p.m.
Police believe Maldonado may have been killed in retribution for the death Thursday of another man, Jerome “Rude Boy” Scarlett.
Maldonado’s girlfriend, 24-year-old Shameeka Burks, said Maldonado believed he was a gang target.
In addition to the two homicides, the violence that struck Newburgh Thursday and Friday included three robberies and a gang assault with machetes. Police have arrested suspects only in the machete attack.
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