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18-year-old charged after teen shot and killed outside Brooklyn BJ's store

By FOX 5 NY STAFF
Updated  August 5, 2022 10:21pm EDT
Bath Beach
FOX 5 NY

Police arrest teen in deadly shooting at BJ's in Brooklyn

Edino Tzul, 18, is facing charges of murder, six counts of robbery, four counts of criminal use of a firearm and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.for the shooting death of 19-year-old Dereck Chen.

NEW YORK - The NYPD says they have arrested an 18-year-old man after a teenager was shot and killed during a possible robbery in Brooklyn on Thursday night.  

Edino Tzul, 18, is facing charges of murder, six counts of robbery, four counts of criminal use of a firearm and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.

According to the NYPD, the shooting it happened around 10:15 p.m. on Thursday at the BJ's Wholesale Club on Shore Parkway in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn.

19-year-old Dereck Chen was shot in the shoulder and face in the parking garage area outside the store.

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EMS rushed him to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn but it was too late to save his life.

Police took Tzul into custody after the shooting and said a gun was found nearby.