Arrest Made in Connection to Fort Greene Beauty Salon Shooting

Stephanie Armstrong
Arrest Made in Connection to Fort Greene Beauty Salon Shooting
Neighborhood: Fort Greene
New York, NY 11211
United States of America
Fort Greene's Sabine's Hallway Beauty Salon made headlines this week because of a shooting that took place at the Franklin Avenue salon. Officer Feris Jones stopped 19 year old Winston Cox from robbing the salon at gunpoint.

Cox entered the salon around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and asked for cash. An off duty female officer was in the salon and Cox shot at her when she identified herself. He fled the scene and was arrested at early morning on Monday, October 25 according to the NY Post.

Police ask that anyone with additional information on this incident call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS. Anonymous tips can also be submitted online at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com.

Sources

"Salon perp's mom to cop: Hair! Hair," NYPost

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