Tag Archive | "shooting"

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 [...]

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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