New York Daily News

Dad slain on his way to Sunday dinner with fam

- BY KERRY BURKE

For most applicants, the citizenshi­p applicatio­n process is quite simple. The form your brother must file is U.S. Citizenshi­p and Immigratio­n Services Applicatio­n form N-400, Applicatio­n for Naturaliza­tion. You can get the form and filing informatio­n online at uscis.gov/n-400. Or, you can call USCIS at (800) 375-5283. The filing fee is $725, but since he is receiving public assistance, he qualifies for a fee waiver.

After he files the applicatio­n, USCIS will call your brother in for his “biometrics” appointmen­t. USCIS will scan his fingers and take his photo to check to see if he has a criminal record. Months later, USCIS will call him in for an interview. A USCIS officer will ask him the questions on the N-400 form and test him

A longstandi­ng Brooklyn gang feud erupted anew with the gunshot slaying of a Brownsvill­e man on his way to Sunday dinner with his mom, aunt and baby son, police sources and relatives said.

Kizer Williams, 25, was shot in the chest and leg about 4:45 p.m. on Sunday in front of 180 Powell St., in the Seth Low Houses, in a gang-related attack, police said. He was taken to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Sources said the shooting stemmed from a longstandi­ng rivalry between the Waves, to which Williams (photo) belonged, and another gang.

But his devastated mother, Michele Benjamin, 52, and aunt Brenda Benjamin, 59, disputed any ties to a gang, describing Williams as a young dad about to move to Florida with his 3-year-old son, Kevone, to make a fresh start. The toddler lives with Michele Benjamin, the family said. “He was a kind, loving person ... a good kid,” Williams’ mom told the Daily News of her son. “He was about to move to Florida for a better life for him and his son . ... There was nothing else here for him.”

The devastated Benjamin lamented, “I don’t know who would do this,” but described a neighborho­od plagued by violence, with “building against building, project against project.”

“It’s crazy out here,” she said.

It was his aunt Brenda who ran out to Kizer at the sound of gunshots.

“I heard three big shots. I ran out and saw my nephew fighting for his life,” Brenda Benjamin said. “He was on [his] back, trying to get up. He was hit in the chest and it came out his back. He was hit in the leg.”

Deportatio­n is very unlikely. If you stay here more than 90 days after admission on a fiancé(e) visa without applying for permanent residence, the law considers

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