"Marcin was taking methadone to help with an addiction he developed after injuring his shoulder, according to his brother. "He wasn't working because he was disabled," Cezary said. "He went to the program because he wanted methadone. He had an addiction to painkillers. Methadone can help with that. He never came back. He had been in the program for years.""
"On Oct. 8, 2016, the brothers' mother, Krystyna Iwanowicz, was run over by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the street in front of the family's Midwood apartment building. The driver, Joseph Zayats, then 22, struck her with a Jeep SUV, catapulting her into the air. Zayats, a Hatzolah EMT, then abandoned the vehicle and ran away from the scene before turning himself in the next day. In 2017, Zayats pleaded guilty to a sole count of misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident and was sentenced to two years' probation and $588 in fines and fees, according to court records."
Marcin Iwanowicz, 46, was shot in the chest around 9:45 a.m. on Christmas Eve outside the St. Jude Treatment Center near Powell St. and Belmont Ave. in Brownsville. The shooting occurred on a desolate stretch of sidewalk next to a methadone clinic. No arrests have been made. Marcin was enrolled in a methadone program to treat an addiction that developed after a shoulder injury and was disabled and not working. The family previously lost their mother, Krystyna Iwanowicz, in a 2016 hit-and-run; the driver later pleaded guilty and received probation and fines. The family is reeling and shocked by the new tragedy.
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