Crime & Safety

Brownsville Man Shot Flatbush Man In The Stomach: NYPD

Police arrested Kamer Reid and charged him with murdering Jesse Rutland in his Flatbush home last weekend.

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — Police have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting another man in the stomach in his Flatbush home last weekend.

Kamer Reid, 29, was charged with murder for shooting Jesse Rutland inside his house on Glenwood Road near Brooklyn Avenue on Sunday, Dec. 10, around 7:20 a.m., police said.

Rutland, 37, was rushed to Kings County Hospital but doctors were unable to save his life, said police.

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Reid, of Brownsville, was arrested one week later, police said

Reid was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, and is expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court on Monday, court records show.

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