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Brooklyn Man Charged For Allegedly Fatally Shooting Friend During Blizzard
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 24, 2016
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A Brooklyn man was found dead in his apartment last night during the blizzard.
Police say that Zdzislaw Golabek, 37, was found at his apartment on 45th Street in Sunset Park around 8 p.m. Saturday night. He had a gunshot wound to his head, and was declared dead at the scene.
Cops initially were investigating reports that Golabek and his friend, 32-year-old Maciej Gorecki, had been playing Russian roulette during the snowstorm. They say that turned out to be a false report.
Instead, Gorecki has now been charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in Golabek's death.
"My feeling was like, I can't believe it,” the victim's brother, fellow Brooklyn resident Andrzej Golabek, told the Post. "I still can’t believe it. He was really quiet. He never got into trouble."
As Mayor de Blasio detailed earlier, at least three other people died during last night's blizzard, all while shoveling snow.
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