7 Youths Charged in Killing on Halloween
United Press International
NEW YORK —
Seven young men were charged with murder, assault and rioting in the beating death of a homeless man on Halloween night, prosecutors said Monday.
The group, wearing monster masks and wielding a meat cleaver, attacked and killed Carlos Melendez, 35, after he refused to give them money, officials said.
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