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New York Couple Killed In a Spate of Gang Violence Over a Stolen Purse: Report

UNTIMELY DEATH

One member of the couple, Jesse Parrilla, appears to have been uninvolved with the gangs in question, with one officer saying he was simply “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

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Two young New Yorkers, Jesse Parrilla and Nikki Huang, were murdered in the culmination of a series of shootings between two local gangs sparked by a stolen purse, law enforcement told the New York Post.

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