NYPD probes Brooklyn migrant shelter after two overdose deaths
The NYPD is investigating the overdose deaths of two asylum seekers at a mega-shelter opened by Mayor Eric Adams in Brooklyn to see if there’s a larger drug organization operating at the location, officials said.
The men, who were staying at the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at Jefferson Avenue in Bushwick, were identified as Anthony Jose Luna Ruiz, 24, of Venezuela, and Jhonny Jose Torres, 25, of Columbia, cops said. “As we go through it, we’ll see who’s dealing there,” Chief of Detectives James Essig said. “If there is continuing drug dealing, if there’s any sort of hierarchy, that will be part of our investigation.”
Drug paraphernalia and an apparent drug sales ledger were found in the car with the men along with more than $1,000 cash, Essig said. The toxicology reports for both men were outstanding so it wasn’t clear what drugs they were using, but fentanyl was a likely culprit in their deaths, Essig said.Activists and migrants at the Watson Hotel at West 57th Street in Manhattan on Feb. 1, 2023, protesting migrant movement from the hotel to Brooklyn.People who were staying at The Roosevelt Hotel wait to leave on a NY City Bus on June 1, 2023.
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