BY AIDAN GRAHAM
Cops arrested a onelegged,
wheelchair-bound
homeless man for allegedly
beating another man
to death with a metal rod
on Schenectady Avenue in
Crown Heights on Sept. 17.
Prosecutors charged 50-
year-old Antonio Graham —
who had previously been arrested
a staggering 45 times
— with felony charges of
manslaughter, assault, and
criminal possession of a
weapon, according to a complaint
filed by the Brooklyn
District Attorney’s office.
The suspect allegedly began
arguing with the victim
between Lincoln and St.
Johns places shortly before
5 am, when the confrontation
turned deadly and Graham
repeatedly plunged the
metal bar into 60-year-old
Gary Smith’s face, according
to court documents.
Graham had wheeled
away from the crime scene
by the time police officers
from the 77th Precinct arrived
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and found Smith lying
unconscious in a pool of his
own blood, according to police.
First responders took
Smith — who lived four
blocks away from where
the incident took place —
to Kings County Hospital,
where doctors pronounced
him dead from what the
city’s medical examiner
would later rule blunt force
trauma to the head, according
to authorities.
Cops cuffed Graham on
Sept. 20 and found the murder
weapon in his possession, a
cording to court documents.
Graham was arraigned
in Brooklyn Supreme Court
on Sept. 21.
Arrested: 50-year-old Antonio Graham was arrested for allegedly murdering a 60-year-old man in Crown
Heights on Sept. 17. Photo by Paul Martinka
Cops cuff onelegged
man on
murder charge
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