Tragic Death of Brooklyn Man in Cypress Hills Homeless Camp Beating
December 2, 2023A man died after a fatal beating in a homeless camp on the Brooklyn side of Highland Park, said police. Cops found the injured man near a small encampment on the handball courts near Jamaica Ave. and Ashford St. in Cypress Hills. Medics rushed the man to Brookdale Hospital, but he could not be saved. A local resident who chose to remain anonymous said he had been with the victim and another man at the encampment earlier that day. The resident’s wife, also choosing not to share her name, said she knew the two homeless men by their street names, Soledad and Salazar. She mentioned that the men and a third man who lived at the encampment had a history of arguments. Police were interviewing a person injured in the park at Brookdale Hospital, and were also working to notify the dead man’s family. No arrests had been made as of Friday night.