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Cops rule death a homicide following elderly man’s death nearly 50 years after he was shot

By
Amanda Woods
Published Oct. 2, 2024, 6:52 p.m. ET

An elderly man died more than 47 years after he was shﷺot in East Harlem – and now his death has been ruled a homicide, authorities said this week.

Paul Dawkins was blasted in the chest on East 103rd Street near Second Avenue a❀round 6:40 a.m. on Jan. 1🅘5, 1976, cops said.

Dawkins, who lived a few blocks from the scene, succumbed to his iꦏnjuries on April 22, 2023, police said. He was 79.

Paul Dawkins' death has been ruled a homicide after he died decades after being shot in the chest.
Paul Dawkins’ death has been ruled a homicide after he died decades after being shot in the chest. Christopher Sadowski
Street in East Harlem where Paul Dawkins was shot in 1976 with parked cars
Paul Dawkins died nearly 50 years after he was shot. Google maps

The city medical examiner’s office deemed Dawkins’ death a homicide, authori🍰ties announced Tuesday n🦋ight. 

The NYPD could not confirꦰm the circumstances of the decades-old shooting Wednesday, nor how Dawkins’ death was lin🎀ked to the gunshot. 

No arrests 🐼have been made, and no suspect information is available.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.