NYPD Releases New Video Of Man Wanted After Good Samaritan Stabbed To Death Trying To Stop Robbery In Brooklyn
Yong Zheng, 46, was killed on Feb. 26 after he intervened in what turned out to be a robbery of an illegal gambling den in Sunset Park.
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Yong Zheng, 46, was killed on Feb. 26 after he intervened in what turned out to be a robbery of an illegal gambling den in Sunset Park.
Zheng was celebrating the Lantern Festival on Feb. 26 in Sunset Park when he stumbled across a robbery in front of an illegal gambling den on Seventh Avenue and 56th Street.
William Smith, 45, face multiple charges, including murder and assault.
Police say the incident started around 9:30 p.m. Friday after a robbery in an illegal gambling den in a basement near 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in Sunset Park.
Sources tell CBS2 it appears to have been an illegal gambling operation.
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Authorities say the man was caught Tuesday in Sunset Park after going through mailboxes at residential buildings and a medical office.
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