The shocking broad daylight shooting of a Los Angeles man as he walked on West 58th Street this month may have been the result of a drug deal gone bad, police sources tell DNAinfo, surprising no one. According to the website, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine was paid for by a Queens drug crew, but a group of west coast dealers never delivered. “It is really not a homicide investigation,” one source says. “It has become a major narcotics case involving a big operation and substantial money, perhaps millions of dollars.” [ more › ]











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