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Citizen Misreports Brooklyn Family Feud As Brain-Chucking Attack
A mistaken Citizen alert warned Crown Heights residents Tuesday morning that a woman had chucked a brain at someone else.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A Citizens App alert mistakenly warned Crown Heights of an impending zombie apocalypse when it reported a woman had attacked another person with a brain.
Crown Heights residents received the erroneous notice, that a woman had thrown a brain at another woman near Union Street and Rogers Avenue, about 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.
"Breaking," wrote a Twitter user named Mia. "Zombies attack crown heights [Sic]."
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Crown Heights having a normal one pic.twitter.com/oPzUf4O7sz
— Tom Kludt (@TomKludt) June 26, 2019
The unconfirmed report was soon corrected to show that it was a picture frame that had been thrown, and not a brain.
Police confirmed Opal Wyrick, 27, was charged with assault for swinging the frame at a 42-year-old relative during a family fight.
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The victim suffered cuts but did not require medical attention, according to the FDNY and NYPD.
A spokesperson from Citizen, an app and website that alerts subscribers to emergencies occurring in their neighborhoods, did not immediately respond to Patch's request for comment.
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