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Queens Village man charged in Woodside strip club shooting death: NYPD

Queens Village man charged in Woodside strip club shooting death: NYPD
By Christina Santucci

A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged in the shooting death of a South Jamaica resident near a Woodside strip club early Saturday, police said.

Dwayne Johnson of Queens Village was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Allah Howell, the NYPD said.

Police were called at about 4:15 a.m. Saturday to Perfections Nightclub, at 62-05 30th Ave., where they found Howell with multiple gunshot wounds, according to cops.

Howell was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

On Saturday, police set up a crime scene area on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway service road, which including the U-Haul facility, and officers were also positioned in the lot of the Bulova watch company’s service center, at One Bulova Avenue.

One worker at the famed watch shop was not surprised by the violence.

“This is every year,” he said.

Reach Managing Editor Christina Santucci by phone at 718-260-4589 or by email at timesledgerphotos@gmail.com.