Tuesday, March 18, 2008

UPDATE on the Murder of Carol Simon-Hayes

Police report another arrest in the murder of Carol Simon-Hayes, who was killed by stray gunfire outside her home on Eastern Parkway in December 2007.

2nd suspect in stray-bullet slaying of nurse arrested at gang funeral

BY ALISON GENDAR and MICHAEL WHITE
NY DAILY NEWS 3/17/08

Detectives have arrested a second shooter in the stray-bullet death of a Brooklyn nurse last year, police sources said.

Humberto Benjamin had eluded capture since 35-year-old Carol Simon was shot down near her Eastern Parkway home on Dec. 15, as her young son waited in the family's SUV to go for a swimming lesson.

But police were waiting for Benjamin last Wednesday after snitches told investigators he would likely show up at a funeral for a gang member in Brooklyn.

"My bullets didn't kill the lady!" Benjamin cried as detectives picked him up at the services, a police source said.

He was charged with murder. A grand jury is set to hear the case in Brooklyn Criminal Court today.

Full story here.

Information on the arrest of another suspect, Darius Dubarry, is here and here.

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