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<p><strong>NYPD squad car keeping tabs on park. </strong></p>
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<p>Calm returned to Columbus Park Monday after a grisly murder late Saturday night.   Around 3-3:30am Sunday morning 2 Chinese men apparently got into an argument or altercation which escalated to murder when 49yr old<strong> HuangYu Feng</strong> pulled a knife and thrust it into the neck of the still unidentified (Asian) victim. </p>
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<p>Police responded and arrested Feng who was later charged with murder.  Feng is homeless and most recently had been a client at the nearby <strong>Bowery Mission</strong>.  The unidentified victim died enroute to the hospital.</p>
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<p><strong>Seniors enjoying the warm afternoon sun Monday </strong></p>
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<p>Chinatown has seen its homeless population explode since the pandemic when the Deblasio administration warehoused homeless individuals in area hotels. </p>
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