Police Investigate Murders In Brooklyn and Queens
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Police are investigating two separate slayings that occurred yesterday in Queens and Brooklyn, police said.
Police discovered Luis Ruiz, 25, who was shot in the stomach about 3:15 a.m. in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. He was pronounced dead at Woodhull Hospital. A man with Ruiz sustained blows to the head, police said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he is in stable condition, police said.
Earlier, police found a 20-year-old man who was stabbed multiple times in the chest and legs in the Jamaica section of Queens. He was later pronounced dead at Mary Immaculate Hospital.
