Crime & Safety
Bed-Stuy Man Charged With Months-Old Murder In Red Hook: Cops
Tyquan Walden, who lives on Marcy Avenue, was arrested last week when cops found his car illegally parked, according to police and reports.
BROOKLYN, NY — A Bed-Stuy man has been charged with murder in a months-old case out of Red Hook, cops announced Tuesday.
Tyquan Walden, 31, was arrested Friday on murder and weapons charges in the December killing of Conrad Waterton, who police found shot in the head in front of a building on Columbia Street, according to police.
Waterton, 22, was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital.
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Walden had been a person of interest in the shooting but had managed to avoid police until last week, according to the Daily News. He was caught when cops found his car illegally parked just a couple blocks from where Waterton had been shot, the outlet reports.
When police ran his license to give him a ticket, they saw he was listed as a person of interest in the homicide.
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