Brandon Woodard’s Midtown Execution Turns Into Million Dollar Narcotics Case! (PHOTOS)

Law enforcement officials are now saying that the mysterious daytime assassination of Brandon Woodard in New York City was the result of a drug deal gone wrong.

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With speculation that the shooting revolved around some type of drug-related issue, officials have pinpointed the actual events surrounding the “hit” style execution.

The killers were part of a Queens drug crew that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a large cocaine shipment from Mexico via a Los Angeles gang. When the product failed to arrive from the West Coast, the Queens-based gang lured Woodard, who was reportedly acting as a middleman or courier, into midtown Manhattan, where he was shot and killed in broad daylight by a still-at-large gunman.

According to “On The Inside,” a source told the publication that the Los Angeles guys thought that they could “f—” with the boys from New York:

“They screwed with the wrong people,” the source said.

Apparently Woodard’s death has grown from a homicide to a major narcotics case reportedly involving millions of dollars. The DEA and NYPD are pooling intelligence and resources about the possible connections. Reports say that the NYPD are close to identifying a shooter in the murder case.

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Wow! This case turned from random shooting to an entire narcotics case. More power to law enforcement for connecting the dots.

SOURCE: Gawker