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Brooklyn father fatally shot over son’s stolen baseball cap

A Brooklyn father who stood up for his son at a Prospect Park playground was fatally shot Wednesday. Gerald Cummings, 38, was shot in the head Wednesday night on the playground at P.S. 6.  Cummings'

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