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Brothers cuffed for Chelsea shooting that killed one, injured two others

Chelsea shooting location, an apartment house
Three people were shot outside this apartment house on West 25th Street in Chelsea on Nov. 12, 2022, police reported.
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A pair of brothers were arrested for allegedly killing one man and injuring two other people in a Chelsea shooting last month.

According to police, at 10:19 p.m. on Nov. 12 officers from the 10th Precinct responded to a 911 call of shots fired in front of 541 West 25th Street. Upon their arrival, officers found 42-year-old Rasithamar Grant with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.

Grant was rushed to NYC Health & Hospitals/Bellevue, where he was pronounced dead.

Officers found two more victims at the scene, a 32-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her left leg and a 37-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds to his legs. The victims went to Bellevue and Lenox Hill Hospitals, respectively, in stable condition.

On Dec. 14, police announced that 30-year-old Lmani Delima and 32-year-old Lashawn Delima were arrested in connection to the shooting. They were both charged with murder.