Tag Archive | "shooting"

A Rare Ruling in Criminal Court

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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A judge declares a mistrial at Brooklyn Criminal Court, leaving lawyers left deciding whether to start again in the case of a shooting in a bodega.

Police release photo of Bed-Stuy shooting suspect

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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The NYPD has released a photo of Adam Bilal, the man suspected in the shooting that injured three people including a 5-year-old on Sunday. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1-800-577-TIPS. Share

Cops have suspect in shooting of 5-year-old

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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Police have identified 24-year-old Adam Bilal in the Sunday afternoon shooting that injured three people, including a 5-year-old girl. Cops say Bilal opened fire on Halsey Street in Bed-Stuy, where Syniah Herndon was playing outside her house. She was shot in the leg and is recovering. Share

The Man with the Machete

Monday, March 1, 2010

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By Danielle Bengsch On Sunday night at around 11 p.m., according to police reports, Samuel Forrese opened the door to his East Flatbush apartment with a machete in hand. After he did not let go of the machete, despite orders to do so, the police employed a Taser. When Forrese still did not drop the weapon, [...]

Police take down man with machete

Monday, March 1, 2010

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A police officer fired 13 times and shot a man in both his legs Sunday night when they responded to a call and he opened the door with a machete in hand. The shots came after the man did not respond to pepper spray. Police were responding to a call from the man's daughter, the New York Times reports. Our reporter Danielle Bengsch is on the scene. Two police

Second Son’s Death Leaves Family Inconsolable

Thursday, November 5, 2009

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Lydia and Harry Blas, the parents of the brazenly slain Ramon Blas, are still struggling to come to terms with their loss, their second of this kind.

Aspiring Rapper Shot Dead Night Before Show

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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The night before rapper Mike Beck was scheduled to perform a Halloween show in Boston, he was shot to death on the corner of Logan Street and Belmont Avenue in East New York. Details of the Friday night shooting are still unclear.

Brownsville Holds a Vigil, and a Community Searches for Answers

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Dozens of Brownsville residents gathered together in front of Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School last night to pay tribute to Malachi Cotton, who was gunned down in front of the school the day before.

Neighbors Asked Who Killed Moses Harrell? And Why?

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Fort Greene resident shot to death in his backyard on Sunday evening. The police have not yet identified the killer.

Loan Shark Slain… and Mourned

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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Otis "Junior" Edmonds was a man of exacting routines. Every morning he rose at 5, walked out of his house, went to the Classon Grocery on the corner of Prospect Place, bought his newspaper and his scratch-off lottery tickets, got in his car and read the newspaper before heading to work. Except for yesterday when Edmond, 63, was shot in the head as sat behind the wheel of his burgundy Mazda 626, reading his paper.

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