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Fight Over Money Turns Fatal

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Cops Make Arrest in Bronx Shooting


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

May 25, 2023 


BRONX - Police made an arrest in the fatal shooting outside a Bronx lounge. Reports claim the gunman and the victim had been seen arguing over money.




Police arrested 36-year-old Damian Stapleton in the fatal shooting of Adama Camara. Stapleton was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possessions of a weapon: loaded weapon. 


At around 4:30 am on May 6, police responded to a call of a man shot in the vicinity of East 139 Street and Morris Avenue. There they found the 28-year-old Camara lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head. 




EMS pronounced Camara dead at the scene. Published reports claim the suspect Stapleton and the victim had previously been seen arguing at the nearby Evasion Lounge. The two had allegedly been fighting over money. 

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