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Brooklyn
may
be
gentrified
from
the
bodegas
down
to
the
smoke
shops,
but
don’t
think
that
everything
is
as
sweet
as
stevia
around
those
parts.
Gothamist
is
reporting
that
a
37-year-old
man
was
shot
and
killed
in
broad
daylight
Monday
(Feb.
26),
in
front
of
a
deli
on
the
corner
of
Franklin
Avenue
and
Lincoln
Place
in
Crown
Heights.
According
to
police,
the
victim
who
was
identified
as
Nazim
Berry
was
shot
in
the
head
around
4:15
p.m.
after
getting
into
an
argument
over
a
Black
&
Mild
cigar.
Medics
took
Berry
to
Kings
County
hospital
where
he
was
pronounced
dead
not
too
long
after.
Gothamist
reports:
“I
can’t
believe
he’s
gone,”
said
Berry’s
mother
Danette
Hollie,
58.
“I
can’t
believe
this
is
happening
if
right
now.
I
can’t
believe
it.
Like,
you
really
killed
my
son
over
a
cigarette?
You
take
Nazim
from
me
over
a
cigarette?
His
life
is
worth
a
cigarette?”
Officers
were
seen
investigating
the
scene
of
the
shooting
on
Monday
evening,
with
a
portion
of
the
sidewalk
in
front
of
a
corner
deli
sectioned
off
from
the
public.
“He
loved
this
store
right
here,
he
loved
coming
to
work
with
these
people,”
Hollie
said
of
her
son,
who
had
worked
at
the
deli.
“Beautiful
person.
When
I
say
beautiful,
I’m
going
to
miss
him.”
Killed
over
a
Black
&
Mild?
We
have
to
be
better
than
this,
man.
No
arrests
have
been
made
as
of
yet
as
police
continue
to
investigate
Berry’s
murder.
