Crime & Safety
Cops Search For Car Connected To Fatal Park Place Shooting: NYPD
Police believe the people in the car are connected to the death of Shalimar Birkett, who was found shot in the head earlier this month.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police are asking for the public's help to find a car — and the people in it — that are connected to a fatal shooting on Park Place.
The NYPD released video over the weekend of a silver SUV that was seen driving up Howard Avenue that they believe is connected to the death of 32-year-old Shalimar Birkett, who was found shot near the Crown Heights border earlier this month.
Birkett, who lived in Far Rockaway, was found just after 11 p.m. on Park Place near Howard Avenue on May 17, police said. She was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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The SUV is a four-door car with a sun roof and was traveling north when it was caught on the surveillance video, police said.
Here are stills from the video:
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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