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Wantagh teen killed by friend in Brooklyn

A Wantagh teen died after he was accidentally shot in the head by a horseplaying host while at a Brooklyn apartment, police said Sunday.

Philip Levy, 17, was with friends at a party Saturday night at the Bensonhurst home of Scott Bruno, 33, according to an NYPD source. At 10:28 p.m., Bruno took out his 9-mm pistol and started firing it into the wall, according to the police source. One of...

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