By Reuters Staff
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(Reuters) - A man accused of murdering at least three elderly residents of a senior housing development in New York City over the span of six years was due to appear in a Brooklyn court on Friday.
The New York City Police Department on Thursday announced it had detained Kevin Gavin, 66, in connection with the murders of three women that took place at the Woodson Houses in Brownsville between 2015 and 2021.
Gavin was familiar with many of the elderly residents of the complex, according to law enforcement, and even used to run errands for some of them.
NY man accused of killing 3 elderly women in senior home
Police have arrested 66-year-old Kevin Gavin who they believe attacked the three women over financial disputes.
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In New York City, police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for multiple different murders since 2015.
Kevin Gavin is the accused serial killer with three victims who resided in the Carter G. Woodson Houses between 2015 and 2021. The 66-year-old man allegedly attacked the elderly women with a financial motive. Gavin also lived in the building and reportedly has a criminal history including arrests on drug-related charges.
“Mr. Gavin was familiar with many of the residents in the building and ran errands for some of the elderly tenants who resided at that location,” said NYPD Chief of Detectives
Last month,
Brooklyn District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez announced the indictment of an alleged gun trafficking ring that sought to illegally sell weapons in Brownsville.
According to the indictment, the defendants purchased guns legally from dealers in
Virginia and South Carolina and trafficked them to Brooklyn along the so-called “
Iron Pipeline,” the well-worn route from the legal gun market in Southern states to the streets of New York.
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Meanwhile, shooting incidents have nearly doubled in Brooklyn over the past year a rise emblematic of the gun violence epidemic faced by communities like the one I represent. And while the suffering is felt locally, the guns used in these crimes are exported to our streets by bad actors in the gun industry who profit from their reckless business practices and remain largely unscathed.