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Here is the first photo of the man police dubbed "John Doe Duffel Bag," a person of interest in a string of Brooklyn murders. Photo: FRANCONIA TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPT

Brooklyn, NY - Salvatore Perrone , a struggling Staten Island salesman who peddles clothing from a duffel bag, was being questioned early today in the serial slayings of three Brooklyn store owners.

Meanwhile WNBC 4,  is reporting that ballistic evidence from two of the scenes where Brooklyn shopkeepers were slain have been matched to a gun recovered at the home of the girlfriend of Perrone.

Authorities are awaiting ballistics test on a third crime scene.

Police picked up the 63-year-old suspect in Bay Ridge Tuesday afternoon as they continued their investigation into the most recent slay in a series of deadly shootings of Brooklyn business owners of Middle Eastern descent dating back to July.

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