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Elderly man dies 47 years after New York shooting, homicide: police

An elderly man died more than 47 years after he was shot in East Harlem – and now his death has been ruled a homicide, authorities said this week.

Paul Dawkins was shot in the chest about 6:40 a.m. on East 103rd Street near Second Avenue on Jan. 15, 1976, cops said.

Dawkins, who lived a few blocks from the crime scene, died from his injuries on April 22, 2023, police said. He was 79.


Paul Dawkins' death has been ruled a murder after he died decades after being shot in the chest.
Paul Dawkins' death has been ruled a murder after he died decades after being shot in the chest. Christopher Sadowski

Street in East Harlem where Paul Dawkins was shot with parked cars in 1976
Paul Dawkins died almost 50 years after he was shot. Google Maps

The city medical examiner's office ruled Dawkins' death a homicide, authorities announced Tuesday evening.

The NYPD could not confirm the circumstances surrounding the decade-long shooting Wednesday or how Dawkins' death was related to the shooting.

No arrests have been made and no suspect information is available.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.

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