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22-Year-Old Dead in Police Shooting Monday Afternoon

A week after news broke about the Yellow Dogs shooting in East Williamsburg, we're sorry to have to report another death in the neighborhood: Yesterday afternoon around 3pm on the 900 block of Hart Street at Irving, police responding to a 911 call shot and killed a 22-year-old who had reportedly threatened his landlord

22-Year-Old Dead in Police Shooting Monday Afternoon
Photo from the scene by Jen Yoon for Bushwick Daily

22-Year-Old Dead in Police Shooting Monday Afternoon

A week after news broke about the Yellow Dogs shooting in East Williamsburg, we're sorry to have to report another death in the neighborhood: Yesterday afternoon around 3pm on the 900 block of Hart Street at Irving, police responding to a 911 call shot and killed a 22-year-old who had reportedly threatened his landlord

22-Year-Old Dead in Police Shooting Monday Afternoon

A week after news broke about the Yellow Dogs shooting in East Williamsburg, we’re sorry to have to report another death in the neighborhood: Yesterday afternoon around 3pm on the 900 block of Hart Street at Irving, police responding to a 911 call shot and killed a 22-year-old who had reportedly threatened his landlord.

The man has been identified as Rexford Dashrath, who was described to Bushwick Daily by his neighbor Iris Gonzales…

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