The New York Times-20080128-Queens- Prison-Release Party Leads To Killing- -Brief-

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Queens: Prison-Release Party Leads To Killing; [Brief]

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The police said they found a man dead of a gunshot wound to the forehead shortly before 5 a.m. on Sunday in Hunters Point. The man was identified as Joseph Prince, 30, of 35th Avenue in Ravenswood, the police said. At a news conference on Sunday, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said people had been throwing bottles at each other before the shooting. The party was a celebration of someone getting out of prison, he said. Mr. Prince was found in front of 44-3 23rd Street, the police said. There were no arrests on Sunday, the police said.