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🌱 Missing Teen Found Killed + Aiding Turkey + Good Samaritan Shot

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Good morning, Brooklyn! Carlie Houser here with your fresh copy of the Brooklyn Patch newsletter, filled with everything you need to know about what's going on locally. Today's issue includes news about:

  • Teenager found dead on Brooklyn train tracks, mourning family has no clue who might have wanted to harm him
  • Earthquake relief efforts for Turkey happening in Brighton Beach and across the city — find out how you can help
  • Unlucky customer shot trying to intervene in late-night deli robbery

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🌤 Some sun, then turning cloudy. High: 47 Low: 37.

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Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. A missing 19-year-old student was found earlier this week on Brooklyn train tracks, burned and with a gunshot wound to the head. On Tuesday, DeAndre Matthews was pronounced missing, and later that day police found the teenager's body near Nostrand Avenue in Midwood. As investigators try to piece together DeAndre's final 24 hours, the teen's mother and family are mourning their loss. According to this victim's sister, DeAndre left his job at Buggy Service Center in Crown Heights around 5 p.m. Monday and went home to borrow their mother's Jeep for the night. His sister was one of the last people to speak to him on the phone before he disappeared. His Jeep was found, burned, outside a warehouse on Troy Avenue. On Friday, the victim's mother had a message to whoever is responsible for killing her son: "I don't even know what to say to the camera, but whoever the killer is, reveal yourself, because you're gonna get caught . . . that was my best friend. He made me a mother."

NBC New York

2. Turkish Cultural Center in Brighton Beach is leaning on the Brooklyn community, gathering donations for the Turkey's earthquake relief efforts. Following a massive 7.8 earthquake, the death toll in Turkey and Syria has topped 23,000, and thousands more are unaccounted for. Around the world, people are working to support survivors, including in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn where the loading dock of the Turkish Cultural Center in Brighton Beach is packed with donated goods, including clothing, diapers, and pallets of building supplies. For those wondering how they can help, The city has set up a website on how New Yorkers can help with the disaster relief efforts — visit the links below for more.

WABC-TV / How to Help

3. A Good Samaritan was shot trying to stop a late-night robbery at a Brooklyn deli. On Friday night, a customer at the deli on Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill found themselves at in the wrong place at the wrong time when an armed thief entered the store and trying to rob the cash register just before closing time. The 48-year-old bystander intervened and got into an argument with the suspects — one man aimed a gun while the other tried to get at the register. The customer was shot and taken to the hospital in stable condition. The police have not yet released descriptions of the suspects at this time.

CBS New York

Today in Brooklyn:

  • Weaving Together: Artists' Panel on Belonging Textile Arts Exhibit, Old Stone House, Today @ 12 p.m. | Details
  • Game Night Small Group, Salter House, Today @ 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Details
  • Sunday Supper Comedy, The Tiny Cupboard, Today @ 5 - 7 p.m. | Details
  • Nicky O presents Night of 1000 Rihannas: SuperBowl Sunday, 3 Dollar Bill, Today @ 5 p.m. | Details
  • Bad Bunny v. Drake, Quantum Brooklyn, Today @ 10 p.m. | Details

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Sunday! I'll see you around.

— Carlie Houser

About me: I'm a recent grad based in Brooklyn, NY. I love to write, run, read, and find new restaurants and venues around the city.

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