Brooklyn, NY – Detectives are questioning a possible suspect in the murder of a brave Brooklyn liquor store clerk who was gunned down as he defended his girlfriend, police sources said Tuesday.
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Yoseph Robinson – who left his hip-hop career behind to convert to Judaism – was shot in the chest during an armed robbery Thursday night.
The man police think is tied to the killing was picked up before dawn and is being held at the 70th Precinct in Brooklyn, the sources said.
Investigators received several tips that the man – whose name was not released – held up the MB Vineyards liquor store in Midwood and then shot Robinson.
Further investigative work yielded a license plate for the suspect’s car, the sources said. Detectives then tracked down that car and watched it until its owner arrived overnight. He was then taken into custody. The man has not confessed, the sources said.
Robinson’s girlfriend, Lahavah Wallace, told cops the man in custody “sounded like” the gunman – but investigators cautioned that link was not strong enough for an arrest.
Because the man who shot Robinson was wearing a mask investigators have not definitively identified him, the sources said.
The gunman pointed his revolver at Wallace’s head, which led to Robinson reaching desperately for the gun – only to be fatally shot.
The 34-year-old victim was honored at an emotional cerermony Monday night.
The NYPD has not officially identified the man at the precinct as the shooter. No one has been charged.
Can anyone tell me why every single news report on TV and radio covered this story for days, as did every single newspaper in the city, EXCEPT for the New York Times, which has yet to make ANY mention of the murder, funeral, obituary, investigation, or the inspiring story of Yoseph Robinson, A”H’s life?
to number one screw the New York times. I really hope they caught the guy and they give him what he deserves. A lot of America is seeing the impact Yoseph made and he did influence a lot of people including myself.Yoseph’s life has gotta to be one of the biggest Kiddush Hashem’s I have ever seen.
wrong the times had 2/3rds of a page on him saturday concerning his life conversion and family #1 get your4 facts straight
I was at the funeral yesterday and the New York Times had two reporters there. I assume that if they sent down two reporters, they plan to report on it.
Looking at the picture he
has a pretty spicific posture that can help
Based on the picture, im sure an fbi crime lab can determine the exact height. They should compare this to the suspects height. im sure they they have thought of this. nypds finest, after all
To poster # 7 (Amicable); you state that an FBI Crime Lab could help identify the suspect through his height, if it matches the height of the actual suspect. It would still be circumstantial evidence. There can be Millions of people (and animals) with that height. Stronger evidence is needed to make a positive link between the suspect and the image on the monitor. We hope and pray that the highly professional NYPD Detectives will have the suspect in custody soon.