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November 11, 2013, a shooting took place in Brooklyn that involved Yellow Dogs band members. Guitarist Soroush Farazmand (age 27); drummer Arash Farazmand (age 28); along with Ali Eskandarian (age 35), a musician friend who was not part of the band; were all shot dead by disgruntled musician, Ali
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Two of the band's founding members were brothers, Soroush (guitarist) and Arash (drummer) Farazmand; they were shot dead in
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