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Merchant Murders: As Fears Escalate, Leaders Urge Precautions

August 9, 2012 – 10:12 pm

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (center) speaks about steps that merchants can take to improve their personal safety while in their shops. She held a press conference on Fifth Avenue Wednesday, at which she was joined by Basil Capetakanis, vice president of the Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District; Bob Howe, president of the Merchants of Third Avenue; civic leader Larry Morrish; and Ilene Sacco, president of the 68th Precinct Community Council (left to right). Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

By Paula Katinas

Merchants are terrified in the wake of the murders of two local store owners, one in Bay Ridge and another in Bensonhurst, according to a Fifth Avenue business leader, who said he’s considering holding a meeting with shopkeepers to try and ease everyone’s fears.
Basil Capetanakis, vice president of the Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District (BID), said he would like to hold a special meeting “to inform our members” about the various crime prevention programs available at the 68th Precinct.
“These are things we’re going to need from now on,” Capetanakis said during a press conference held by Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis on Fifth Avenue and 78th Street on Aug. 8 to discuss crime prevention. “Things have changed. Society has changed. We have to warn our merchants.” read more »

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UPDATE: Cops Link Merchant Murders to Same Gun

August 7, 2012 – 12:52 pm

Store owner Isaac Kadare was killed inside his 99-cent shop at 1877 86th St. on Aug. 2, nearly one month after Mohamed Gebeli was killed inside Valentino Fashion on Fifth Avenue. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Pol Urges Shopkeepers To Accept Precinct’s Help

By Paula Katinas

Bay Ridge — As we first reported here, police have traced the murders of two local merchants — Mohamed Gebeli in Bay Ridge and Isaac Kadare in Bensonhurst — to the same gun, a .22 caliber pistol.
In the wake of the murders, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis said she will hold a press conference on Aug. 8 to discuss crime prevention services that merchants and residents can employ from local police precincts to better protect themselves. read more »

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Cops Continue Search For Merchant’s Killer

July 19, 2012 – 8:48 pm

A young boy reads a poster hanging from a pole on Fifth Avenue offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in last week’s shocking murder of merchant Mohamed Gebeli. Eagle photo by Georgine Benvenuto

By Paula Katinas

Bay Ridge — Police are asking for the public’s help in the investigation into the July 6 slaying of a Fifth Avenue clothing store owner.
Posters containing a picture of victim Mohamed Gebeli popped up on lampposts along Fifth Avenue, near Valentino Fashion, the men’s clothing store he owned at 7718 Fifth Ave. in which he met his death at the hands of a killer.
At press time, police had not made an arrest. No suspects have been named in the slaying. read more »

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BID Prez Pays Tribute to Slain 5th Ave. Merchant

July 12, 2012 – 1:51 am

Investigators gather at the scene of the crime. Eagle photo by Georgine Benvenuto

Cops Continue Search for Killer

By Paula Katinas

Bay Ridge — As the Eagle first reported, police are continuing their search for the killer who shot a clothing store owner to death inside his Fifth Avenue shop on the night of July 6, a slaying that alarmed the business and residential communities of Bay Ridge.
The victim, Mohamed Gebeli, 65, was shot once in the neck inside his shop, Valentino Fashion, a men’s clothing store at 7718 Fifth Ave., police said.
At press time, police had no suspects and no motive in the slaying. read more »

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Bay Ridge Reeling From Merchant’s Murder

July 9, 2012 – 5:39 pm

A crime scene investigator dusts for fingerprints at the scene Saturday morning. Eagle photo by Georgine Benvenuto

$10K Reward Offered as Cops Hunt Killer

By Paula Katinas

Bay Ridge – Bay Ridge business owners and residents expressed shock today at the murder of Mohamed Gebeli, 65, owner of Valentino Fashion on Fifth Avenue.
“This is terrible. He was such a nice man,” said Janet Gounis, who works in a Capital One Bank branch on Fifth Avenue and knew Gebeli as a customer. “He was always so calm and unhurried. Everyone liked him.” read more »

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