Sunday, June 29, 2008

The murder of Ellison Butler (77th Precinct)

An update on a recent shooting at Lincoln Terrace Park.

He's killed on Brooklyn basketball court

BY JONATHAN LEMIRE
NY DAILY NEWS Sunday 6/29/08

A 22-year-old man died after he was shot on a Brooklyn basketball court, staggered to the park's rest room and collapsed, police said Saturday.

Ellison Butler was standing with friends in Lincoln Terrace Park in Crown Heights when shots rang out just before 8:30 p.m. Friday, witnesses told police.

Butler took a bullet to the chest, but managed to run off the court before he toppled to the ground inside a men's room, police said.

A friend called 911 and paramedics rushed Butler to Kings County Hospital, police said. He died a short time later.

Full story here.

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