NYC TNB






Man, 46, stabbed during NYC bar fight in weekend stabbings​



By
Tina Moore


March 5, 2023 3:53pm
Updated










A man was stabbed during a bar fight in Queens early Sunday — one of at least four people wounded in knifings across the city this weekend, cops said.
The 46-year-old victim was injured after he and another person got into a brawl at the Cañas Restaurant and Bar in Jamaica around 12:45 a.m., an NYPD spokesman said.
He was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition. His opponent ran off.
In a separate incident also in Queens, a 57-year-old man was stabbed in his stomach, arm and leg on a residential block of 60th Avenue near Lawrence Street just before midnight Sunday.

Cañas Restaurant and BarThe fight occurred at Cañas Restaurant and Bar.Seth Gottfried
The victim was taken to Booth Memorial Hospital in critical condition, cops said.


The suspect was wearing a mask and fled on foot. The motive was unknown, cops said.


Also on Saturday night, two men were knifed in East Harlem in Manhattan, cops said.


A 28-year-old was stabbed once in the head and a 34-year-old was slashed in the neck at East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue.

The suspect fled on foot after the stabbing.The suspect fled on foot after the stabbing.Seth Gottfried



Both were taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.


There was no description of a suspect and no known motive, cops said.
 

NYPD cops resigning in new year at record-breaking pace — with a 117% jump from 2021 numbers​



By
Dean Balsamini,

Joe Marino,

Craig McCarthy and

Steven Vago


March 10, 2023 8:53pm
Updated






It’s ’23 skidoo.
New York City cops are resigning at a record-breaking pace this year as the NYPD’s alarming exodus continues, according to new data obtained by The Post.
“The NYPD staffing emergency is approaching the point of no return,” said Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch.
The shocking stats show 239 officers tapped out in January and February, a 36% spike from the 176 who fled in the same period last year and a disturbing 117% jump from the 110 in 2021, NYPD pension data show.
That’s the highest number of resignations for the first two months of a year since 250 members quit in 2007 during a contentious contract dispute,
“The NYPD needs to be rebuilt from the ground up — it’s unfixable in its current state,” a veteran Manhattan cop told The Post.

Two NYPD officers walk to a crime scene. In January and February, 239 officers stepped down, a 36% spike from the 176 who fled in the same period last year.Paul Martinka
“It’s not just politics and poor pay,” the officer said.


“Precinct cops are being forced to work an inhumane amount of overtime, including on their days off, while being penalized for minor uniform and administrative infractions.


“Meanwhile, precincts barely have enough personnel to meet the minimum required to safely answer 911 calls.”


Some officers are so disgusted that the carrot of an NYPD pension isn’t even enough to keep them in.

NYPD resignations have skyrocketed in 2023.NYPD resignations have skyrocketed in 2023.
At the current rate, 1,400 cops are projected to resign this year before qualifying for retirement — even more than last year’s record 1,297 early exits.


Incredibly, 21 cops walked away from the job in just a two-day period — Feb. 20 and 21 — to join the MTA, police sources said.


The Manhattan cop said the department simply “doesn’t know how to manage personnel.


“Hundreds of cops are being hidden under fake assignments or assigned to headquarters sitting at a desk all day and are considered ‘untouchable’ for patrol or enforcement duty because they have high-ranking supervisors protecting them,” he seethed.

Eric AdamsEric Adams has focused his efforts in putting more cops in the subway to prevent crime. Paul Martinka
New York City’s Finest are also bailing because of what they consider anti-cop politics, woke bail reform policies that make criminal justice a revolving door and low wages.


“We are losing cops to better pay and benefits in other policing jobs almost every day,” said Lynch, who reps 22,000 uniformed officers.






The exodus began after Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020, triggering nationwide protests and calls to defund the police.


“The allure and luster of the NYPD is gone for now. They need to restore that,” said Spero Georgedakis, 52, a former Miami SWAT team officer who helps recruit and relocate New York City cops to Florida departments.


Georgedakis, who grew up in Queens wanting to be a member of New York’s Finest, runs ads to coax cops to the Sunshine State.


“We had four or five New York City police officers reach out to us last week,” he said. “They saw the spots, and we gave them [salary] quotes.”

Two NYPD officersThe NYPD exodus began after the protests following George Floyd’s murder. Paul Martinka
Georgedakis said “the standard story” he gets from NYPD cops is that “the job is impossible to do.”


Alexandre Tilan was a cop in the 72nd Precinct in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, before he decided to leave in May for the St. Petersburg Police Department in Florida.


The 29-year-old had just six years on the force, nowhere near the 22-year threshold to qualify for a full pension.









“I’m not surprised at all,” he said of the current exodus.


As a Florida cop, Tilan said, he has “lower stress, higher pay, better support.


“I’ve had a few [NYPD pals] reach out to me asking how to start the process,” he said.


The NYPD saw 3,701 cops retire or resign in 2022, the most since 3,846 cops departed in 2002, after the 9/11 attacks.


In addition to the hordes resigning so far this year, the NYPD has already seen 262 cops retire over the first two months of 2023, a 3% uptick from the 255 for the same period last year and a 7% increase from the 245 who retired in January and February 2021.


The NYPD’s 33,822 uniformed cops are already 1,208 below the budgeted headcount, documents show, and 2,467 cops short of the 36,289 roster at the start of 2020.


The stunning numbers were no surprise to a police source who told The Post about a cop who suddenly quit last week with no job lined up.

NYPD officer at officer graduation. Critical response times for the week of Feb. 20, 2023 were up in 2023 compared to a week in December 2020.James Messerschmidt for NY Post
“We are having problems keeping and hiring cops,” the source said.


“I don’t see Suffolk and Nassau [County cops] losing vacation days like we do. More money, less BS. I can’t blame them for leaving.”


Diane Spencer, a mental health therapist in Brooklyn who lives in Hempstead, Long Island, said she understands why cops are leaving the city as crime increases and pay remains low.







“Police work in New York City is more cons than pros.” the 55-year-old expert said.


“They feel it’s safer out of state or moving to Connecticut. Crime out there is different. The pay is different. Here you have to start so low.”


As a result, almost every precinct in New York City is understaffed, police sources said, and it’s showing up in response time data.


In the week of Dec. 30, 2020, critical response times were seven minutes and 14 seconds — compared to eight minutes and 17 seconds for the week of Feb. 20, 2023, according to city data.


NYPD data shows every crime category except for murders and shootings is up over the past two years.


“At this rate, keeping everyone safe will be an Herculean task,” said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan.


“The only people that are happy are the cop haters, activists and defunders.”

Pat LynchPat Lynch believes the NYPD is approaching the point of no return. Stephen Yang
Police science professor Maria Haberfeld, also of John Jay, said high cop attribution also makes it harder to enact needed reforms.


“When you lose manpower, the first things that go are all these novel ideas of corrective and preventive policing,” she said, which can also help rebuild the fledging trust between the police and the public.






Haberfeld said her students who are cops often complain about forced overtime, which she called a “horrible” idea.


“Forced overtime can be effective only for a limited period of time before people just start collapsing mentally and physically. You cannot just keep people in forced overtime forever,” she said.


PBA head honcho Lynch warned that “the city needs to focus on resolving our contract and providing competitive pay, better benefits and better quality of life for its police officers.


“If that doesn’t happen very, very soon, we won’t have a police department left,” he said.


The NYPD did not respond to a Post request for comment Friday.


But City Hall rep Fabien Levy said in a statement, “As the mayor has said since Day One, public safety is this administration’s top priority, and because of the NYPD’s dedicated workforce and precision policing practices, crime continues to decline with shootings, hate crimes, and major crimes all being down last month.


“And we have done all that despite a labor shortage that has affected almost every sector nationwide, including government and law enforcement, more specifically.





“New Yorkers can rest assured that, under Commissioner Sewell’s leadership, the NYPD remains fully prepared to keep New Yorkers safe and respond to all emergencies. The department continues to aggressively recruit the finest officers in the world to serve the greatest city in the world.”
 

NYC suspects busted in serious crimes more likely to be re-arrested under bail reform: study​



By
Craig McCarthy and
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon


March 15, 2023 7:54pm
Updated











Suspects busted for serious crimes in the Big Apple are more likely to get arrested again since the state’s controversial bail reform measures took effect, according to a new study.
Researchers at John Jay’s Data Collaborative for Justice determined that 47% of those arrested on a felony charge were later busted again in the first two years after the reforms were enacted on Jan. 1, 2020 — an uptick over the pre-reform figure of 44.6%.
The number of accused felons who were then re-arrested on a violent felony charge was also 3.3 percentage points higher (17.3%) with bail reform than before (14%), the study found. And those cuffed on a firearms charge after having been hit with a felony also climbed, at 3.6%, following the reforms, compared to 2.8%.
The reforms prohibited judges in the state from setting bail on misdemeanors and non-violent felonies, allowing most defendants to remain free while their cases are pending.
The researchers examined more than 15,000 criminal cases in the wake of the reforms and compared them to similar cases in 2019.
When taking into account both felony and misdemeanor arrests together, the study showed that recidivism dipped following the bail changes. The overall re-arrest rate for all defendants during the two-year period fell to 43.8% compared to the pre-reform figure of 50%, the researchers found.

Recidivism has spiked for felons since bail reform.
A new John Jay College study determined that 47% of felons busted in the Big Apple were re-arrested since bail reform took effect, up from 44.6% pre-reforms. Helayne Seidman
“Eliminating bail for most misdemeanor and non-violent felony charges reduced recidivism,” said researcher Rene Ropac, who co-authored the study. “But we did not find reductions for violent felony arrests of firearm re-arrests.”


The study comes amid an ongoing debate over the statute, which was approved by state lawmakers in April 2019 and took effect the following year — with pols like Mayor Eric Adams repeatedly calling for tweaks to keep more recidivists locked up.


Examples of repeat offenders who wreak havoc after getting cut loose abound.


In a report last year, The Post found that one in every five crooks busted for burglary or theft in New York last year got re-arrested on a felony charge within 60 days.


The statistics reveal increases in alleged recidivism as high as three times what they were in 2017 — before New York’s controversial bail-reform law took effect in 2020.


In September, career criminal Waheed Foster became the poster boy for the failed reforms after he was busted in a caught-on-video beating of a woman at a Queens subway station.


Foster, 41, was still on parole for an assault when he was arrested on misdemeanor charges in August — but was freed by a judge under the reforms, and was ultimately charged with the sickening assault on the woman the following month.

Recidivism has spiked for felons since bail reform.
While overall recidivism dipped since bail reform took effect in New York on Jan. 1, 2020, the number of felons and violent felons re-arrested has jumped, a new study says.Robert Mecea
Michael Rempel, the study’s other author, said it wasn’t meant as a response to the political dispute over the statues — it’s simply a scientific look at the statistics.


“This study’s findings and the discussion of high recidivists isn’t necessarily contradictory,” Rempel said. “We are not looking at overall re-arrest rates and saying overall these kinds of people are re-arrested often. We’re doing a test of bail reform.”


Among the other findings were that defendants with prior criminal histories or pending cases were significantly most likely to get re-arrested — both under bail reform and before.


Since bail reform went into law, 61.7% of defendants with criminal histories were busted again, compared to 26.1% without a record.


Before the reforms, 62.5% of career criminals were re-arrested, compared to 37.7% for those without a rap sheet.


The same held true for suspects with pending cases — 68.8% were arrested on a new charge under the reforms, compared to 39.4% for those without another case.


Before the reforms, the numbers were 62.8% and 47.7%, respectively.

Recidivism has spiked for felons since bail reform.
While overall recidivism dipped since bail reform took effect in New York on Jan. 1, 2020, the number of felons and violent felons re-arrested has jumped, a new study says.William Farrington
The reforms, which were later tweaked to make more cases eligible for bail, nonetheless remain a hotly debated issue, with critics blaming it for spikes in crime and recidivism.


“Bail was designed to ensure people return to court,” one law enforcement source said. “The poor cannot afford bail so in theory was a fair chance. However, what it did was now allow those poor criminals to keep committing crimes.


“Damned if you keep them in jail awaiting trial,” he said. “Damned if you release because they continue to commit crimes. It’s a broken system.”





NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, who has long advocated putting more teeth in the law, said Wednesday that more needs to be done to curb recidivism.


“I’ve never wavered in that judges should have the ability to determine if someone has a public safety risk when they determine whether to remand, set bail or release,” Sewell said.


“We have to be able to address recidivism. We have people walking in our stores getting appearance tickets and going back in the same day and there has to be a way we can aggregate those crimes to be able to charge a higher offense.”
 

2 men hurt in overnight NYC shootings, cops​



By
Amanda Woods


March 17, 2023 9:59am
Updated










Two men were wounded in separate Brooklyn shootings late Thursday, cops said.
The violence began around 9 p.m. when a 23-year-old man was blasted in the torso after a dispute on Avenue U near West 7th Street in Gravesend, authorities said.
He staggered up to the front of a grocery store after the shooting, but did not go inside, cops said.

Police stand outside of a grocery store on Avenue U near West 7th Street in Gravesend.The 32-year-old victim walked up to the front of a grocery store after the shooting, cops said. Robert Mecea
He was taken to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

The victim was unable to provide a description of the shooter, who fled, police said. The motive is unclear.

Then around 10:10 p.m., a 32-year-old man was shot once in the left shoulder after a clash with another male on St. John’s Place near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, authorities said.

The taped-off scene of the shooting on St. John’s Place near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights.A 32-year-old man was shot during a dispute on St. John’s Place near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights around 10:10 p.m.Robert Mecea
The victim was taken to the Kings County Hospital Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

The suspect, who wore dark clothing and a red jacket, fled on foot, cops said.

Both incidents come hours after a 16-year-old boy was wounded when bullets flew outside a playground in the Bronx, police said.

Police stand at the shooting scene on St. John's Place.Cops say the suspect, who fled, wore dark clothing and a red jacket.Robert Mecea
The 16-year-old was shot in the buttocks down the block from Willis Playground, located near the P.S. 49 Willis Avenue School, authorities said.

The teen was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
 

One dead, three hurt after overnight mayhem across NYC​



By
Dean Balsamini


March 18, 2023 10:39am
Updated





Three people were stabbed, one fatally, during a party in East Williamsburg, police said.
Three people were stabbed, one fatally, during a party in East Williamsburg, police said. Seth Gottfried



One person was shot in East New York and three others were stabbed — one fatally — in East Williamsburg in separate incidents that occurred within minutes of each other overnight, police said.
The deadly episode happened at around 3:10 a.m. Saturday when a party at Knickerbocker Avenue and Thames Street got out of control and three people were stabbed, cops said.
A 24-year-old man was stabbed in the neck and a 26-year-old man was stabbed in the torso, authorities said.
EMS took both victims to Elmhurst Hospital, where the 24-year-old was pronounced dead and the 26-year-old remains in critical condition, the NYPD said.
A third victim, a 21-year-old man, walked into Wyckoff Heights Medical Center with stab wounds in his torso, where he remains in serious but stable condition, police said. The suspect drove off in a gray SUV, the NYPD said. There were no arrests.

Blood spilledA 24-year-old man died from his stab wounds, cops said.Seth Gottfried Police investigateThere are no arrests in the triple stabbings.Seth Gottfried East Williamsburg crime sceneThe suspect drove off in a gray SUV, police said.Seth Gottfried
“It was a party. There was a dispute and three people were stabbed,” a department spokesman said, adding it was unknown what sparked the stabbings.


Less than 10 minutes earlier, around 3 a.m., a 24-year-old man was shot multiple times in a NYCHA building on Dumont Avenue in East New York, cops said. The suspect was described as a 5-foot-11 man wearing a New York City Housing Authority uniform.



What do you think? Post a comment.

The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition, cops said. There were no arrests.

Police investigateA 24-year-old man was shot in East New York early Saturday, cops said.Seth Gottfried Police search for evidenceThere are no arrests in the Dumont Avenue shooting.Seth Gottfried
 

2 men killed in separate NYC shootings, cops say​



By
Amanda Woods


March 21, 2023 1:41pm
Updated










Two men were killed in separate Brooklyn shootings on Monday — one in a public housing stairwell and the other in front of a deli, authorities said.
A 37-year-old man was discovered unconscious and bleeding around 11 p.m. in the first-floor stairwell of a building on Batchelder Street near Avenue X, part of NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses in Sheepshead Bay, cops said.
He had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, cops said.
The victim was not immediately identified pending family notification, and no arrests have been made. The motive is unclear.

Police respond to the deadly shooting scene at 2355 Batchelder Street.A 37-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the head on the first-floor stairwell of a NYCHA building in Sheepshead Bay.Wayne Carrington Cops are seen behind police tape outside the Francena Mini Market.Dion Reid, 26, was fatally shot in broad daylight outside the Francena Mini Market in Crown Heights, cops said. Wayne Carrington
Hours earlier, Dion Reid, 26, was blasted in the torso and ankle in broad daylight outside the Francena Mini Market on Sterling Place near Buffalo Avenue in Crown Heights, cops said.

Reid — who lived just blocks from the scene — was rushed to the Kings County Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The circumstances leading to that shooting remained unclear Tuesday.
 

Police shoot at armed suspect who was menacing brother with gun in East Village​



By
Joe Marino and
David Propper


March 24, 2023 12:55am
Updated









Police opened fire on a suspect in the East Village who was menacing his brother with a gun Thursday night, according to cops and law enforcement sources.
NYPD officers were canvassing the area for the menace when at least one of the cops fired at the suspect after he turned toward them with a gun near 330 East 4th Street around 8 p.m., police and sources said.
Following the gunfire, the 20-year-old man was arrested, police said. Charges against him are pending.
The NYPD couldn’t immediately confirm reports that the suspect shot at officers during the confrontation.
It was also unclear how many rounds were fired by police.
Some bullets struck an NYPD vehicle, according to photos from the scene.

NYPD officers were canvassing the area for the menace when at least one of the cops fired at the suspectNYPD officers were canvassing the area for the menace when at least one of the cops fired at the suspect.
No injuries were reported from the shooting, though some officers were taken to Lenox Health Greenwich Village for tinnitus, sources said.


In a strange turn of events, the suspect’s brother was also arrested for an alleged robbery from Wednesday, according to sources.


This is the second time in as many nights police fired at a suspect.

Police officers secure the scene at Ave. C and E4th St. near  a shooting scene at 330 E 4th St. in Manhattan, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Police officers securing the scene near the shooting location at 330 E 4th St. in Robert Mecea This is the second night i a row there was an officer involved shooting in NYC.This is the second night in a row that there was an officer-involved shooting in NYC.
Wednesday night in upper Manhattan an officer and suspect exchanged gunfire after police responded to a call of five men trying to rob a victim in the Marble Hill Houses, police said.


When the officers arrived, a suspect opened fire, leading an officer to shoot back, the NYPD said.


The five robbery suspects were on the loose as of early Thursday.


No one was injured in that shooting.
 




NYC overnight shootings, stabbing leave one dead, five injured​



By
Dean Balsamini


March 25, 2023 11:11am
Updated





One man was killed and another injured during a double shooting in the Bronx, police said.
One man was killed and another injured during a double shooting in the Bronx, police said. Seth Gottfried





Two people died in separate Big Apple shootings Saturday, including a Staten Island man who was blasted in the face in broad daylight.
A 26-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene after he was shot in the face around 2:50 p.m. in the Clifton neighborhood of Staten Island, according to authorities.
The circumstances of the daylight shooting were not immediately clear and no arrests had been made as of Saturday evening.
The deadly incident occurred about 40 minutes after an 18-year-old was shot in the stomach in East New York, police said.
The unidentified victim was transported to Brookdale Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, cops said. There had been no arrests as of Saturday evening.
The violent afternoon also followed a night of mayhem which left one person dead and five injured.
A man was killed and another hurt during a double shooting in the Bronx just after 3 a.m., police said.

Police investigating a double shooting.The deadly shooting happened just before 3:10 a.m. on Saturday at the intersection of East 179th Street and Mapes Avenue, cops said. Seth Gottfried Police investigating a double shooting.Officers found a 34-year-old man riddled with bullets when they arrived at the scene. Seth Gottfried Police investigating a double shooting.Another man, 33, was shot in the right arm and was in stable condition at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, authorities said. Seth Gottfried
The deadly gunplay unfolded at the intersection of East 179th Street and Mapes Avenue in East Tremont, cops said.


Responding officers found the unidentified 34-year-old victim riddled with bullets.


The victim was later pronounced dead at Saint Barnabas Hospital.


Another man, 33, was shot in the right arm and was in stable condition at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, authorities said.


There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing, the NYPD said.


A little over an hour later in Brooklyn, an “uncooperative” woman walked into Brookdale Hospital at around 4:20 a.m. saying she had been shot in the leg on Liberty Avenue, near Powell Street in Brownsville, cops said.


There was no further information.
 






Three dead, two hurt in NYC mayhem​



By
Dean Balsamini and
Larry Celona


April 1, 2023 12:27pm
Updated





Police are seen at the scene of two people shot on Steinway St. and Astoria Blvd in Queens, Friday, March 31, 2023. (Photo by Robert Mecea) NYPostinhouse
Police are seen at the scene of two people shot on Steinway St. and Astoria Blvd in Queens. Robert Mecea





Three people were killed in mayhem across the city overnight Friday and into Saturday morning, police said.
In the latest incident, a 67-year-old man was gunned down on Atlantic Avenue and Williams Avenue in East New York Brooklyn at around 10:50 a.m. Saturday by an individual riding a green bike, cops said.
The victim was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. There were no arrests.
On Friday night, two men “targeted” for death were shot and killed in Queens, police said.
In the deadly double shooting, Xavier Roberts, 22, was struck multiple times in the torso on Steinway Street and Astoria Boulevard at about 10:30 p.m. Friday, police said.
A second victim, Jaheim Hamilton, 21, was found a short time late inside of 24-35 38th St., also with gunshot wounds in the torso, cops said.
Further investigation revealed Hamilton was also shot in the vicinity of Steinway Street and Astoria Boulevard, authorities said.
EMS took both Bronx men to Elmhurst Hospital, where they were pronounced dead. There have been no arrests.

The crime scenePolice said the victims were “targeted.”Robert Mecea Crime scene probeCops search the area for clues.Robert Mecea
“They were targeted. Why, we don’t yet,” an NYPD spokesman said Saturday.


The gunmen sped off in a Jeep Cherokee, police said.


About an hour later in Brooklyn, a 25-year-old man was shot in the left leg during a dispute on Hegeman Avenue and Bristol Street in Brownsville, cops said. The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, police said. There have been no arrests.

NYPD on the sceneCops said two Bronx men were fatally wounded during the gunfire on Steinway Street.Robert Mecea



Blood was spilled in the Bronx around 1 a.m. Saturday when a man was stabbed in the neck during a dispute on Washington Avenue near East 170th Street, cops said. The man was taken to an area hospital in stable condition, police said. There are no arrests.
 

Shootings, homicides down, but not to pre-pandemic levels, NYPD says​



By
Craig McCarthy and
Steve Janoski


April 6, 2023 7:02pm
Updated







Shootings and homicides in the Big Apple continued to drop last month — but police officials blamed rampant recidivism for halting further attempts to cut crime.
Overall, crime remained flat in March compared to the same time in 2022 with 10,008 major crimes reported in March 2023, just nine more than last year, the NYPD reported Thursday.
But shootings dropped precipitously, tumbling by more than 26% to a total of 85 incidents from 115 last March, the NYPD reported.
Murders also fell, dropping by about 11% to 31 for the month, the NYPD said.
Rapes and robberies remained steady, while burglaries fell by 12% to 1,185 compared to March 2022.
“These are significant tangible steps toward our very clear objective,” Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell said at a Thursday press conference at One Police Plaza.
Still, the numbers hardly compare to the pre-pandemic days. The city police reported just 6,709 major crimes in March 2019, which was the lowest number of any March in the CompStat era and pushed the city to an all-time low for any quarter in modern times.
There were just 16 murders citywide that month, along with 56 shootings and 713 burglaries, according to city statistics.
This year’s March results also represent a slowdown from prior months – overall crime fell 11% in January and nearly 6% in February.

Two police officers stand in front of a police vehicle.Murders and shootings fell in March 2023 compared to March 2022. But crime has not yet reached pre-pandemic lows.Paul Martinka
The scene where two people were shot - on fatally - inside of the B and D train subway station on Grand Concourse at E182nd Street in the Bronx, NY around 6 p.m. on May 22, 2021.
The city’s recidivism problem is affecting how much NYPD can cut into crime, the department reported Thursday.Christopher Sadowski
Sewell said repeat offenders are tripping up the NYPD’s efforts to further cut crime.


“Recidivism is the undertow pulling against everything we are doing to keep our city safe,” Sewell said Thursday. “It is counterproductive to public safety and, frankly, is a perpetual carousel of police resources.”


Sewell pointed to the 327 people that were arrested more than 6,000 times for retail theft as proof.

Keechant Sewell speaks at a press conference announcing her as the pick for the New York Police Departments police commissioner on December 15, 2021
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell called recidivism an “undertow pulling against everything we are doing.”Getty Images
And Chief Michael Lipetri, the department’s head of crime control strategies, pointed to one man – Nathaniel Linden – who had been indicted for six church burglaries in November.


Linden was cut loose ahead of his trial after spending seven weeks in jail, Lipetri said. Nine hours later, he allegedly burglarized a dry cleaner business.


The eight-time convicted felon was cut loose again. Then he allegedly burglarized several more churches. He remains on the lam, the chief said.

A general view of an NYPD arm patch with an Inspector pin as seen during an event in the Bronx, NY on October 27, 2016.
Crime levels remain well-above their pre-pandemic lows. Christopher Sadowski
“That’s recidivism,” Lipetri said. “That’s what the commissioner is talking about. This isn’t a person who had a bad day. This is a person who had a bad 40 years.”


The NYPD also plans to add resources to 25 precincts where it believes summer violence could be a problem. That’s down from 40 last year, according to Chief Jeff Maddrey.





“We believe that going down to 25 will allow us to focus even more resources in some of the busiest areas of the city,” Maddrey said.
 

Woman choked, man punched during overnight NYC subway muggings: cops​



By
Amanda Woods


April 13, 2023 11:45am
Updated












A woman was choked during a mugging in Penn Station Thursday and a man was pummeled by a backpack thief on a Bronx train, cops said – just days after the NYPD revealed subway crime is up 25% in the past month.
The 23-year-old woman was near the entrance for the A, C, and E lines at 34th Street-Penn Station around 12:20 a.m. when at least one teen came up behind her and choked her while snatching her wallet, authorities said.
Jerico Changluisa, 19, fled but was arrested a short time later, cops said. The teen, who has no prior record, was charged with robbery and strangulation, according to police.
Police initially said a 14-year-old was also nabbed in connection to the mugging, but hours later had no information on the younger teen in custody.
The wallet was not recovered, cops said.
The woman refused medical attention, police said.
About five hours later, a 33-year-old man was riding a southbound No. 4 train approaching the 183rd Street station in the University Heights section of the Bronx when a mugger approached and began punching him in the face, police said.
When the train pulled into the station, the suspect fled with the victim’s backpack, cops said.

A woman waits for the E train at the 34th Street subway station in Manhattan.A 23-year-old woman was choked and robbed of her wallet near the A, C, and E lines at 34th Street-Penn Station around 12:20 a.m., cops said. Stephen Yang for NY Post Elevated platform of the 183rd Street subway station of the No. 4 train.A 33-year-old man was pummeled by a suspect who stole his backpack on board a southbound No. 4 train approaching the 183rd Street station.David McGlynn for NY Post
The straphanger was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition with a small cut on his face, authorities said.


No arrests have been made.


The incidents come as the latest NYPD statistics – updated Sunday – show a more than 25 percent uptick in complaints involving the six major crimes within the city’s transit system over the last month.


That includes a nearly 60% increase in grand larcenies, which jumped to 91 so far this year, compared to 57 over the same month in 2022, the statistics show.






Year-to-date, however, major crimes are down in the city’s transit system compared to the same time span in 2022, the data shows.


So far this year, the NYPD has received a total of 578 complaints involving major crime underground, compared to 621 by the same time last year – a drop of nearly 7 percent, according to the stats.
 

Five shot, one killed overnight following record-breaking NYC heat​



By
Amanda Woods


April 14, 2023 12:53pm
Updated




Five people were shot — including one fatally — in the Big Apple overnight following a summer-like day with record-breaking temps, cops said.
A man was shot and killed in Staten Island, and gunfire also wounded victims in Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn, authorities said.
In the fatal shooting, a 25-year-old man was shot in the head outside a home on Wright Street near Van Duzer Street in the Stapleton Heights section of Staten Island around 10:50 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.
The unconscious and unresponsive man was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The man, who has not been identified pending family notification, is a local gang member and has multiple prior arrests, cops said.
The motive for the shooting was not immediately known.
No arrests have been made.
About two hours earlier, a 22-year-old man was shot in the stomach and hand on 10th Street near 40th Avenue on the grounds of NYCHA’s Queensbridge North Houses, cops said.
He was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

A police cruiser and multiple cops seen in the street where two teens were shot on Andrews Avenue South.Two 18-year-old males were shot around 2:15 a.m. Friday on Andrews Avenue South near West 180th Street in University Heights.Seth Gottfried
The suspect fled and the motive is unclear.


In the Bronx, a 63-year-old man was blasted in the chest on East 167th Street near Clay Avenue in Morrisania around 7:30 p.m., cops said.


He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

Cops and a police cruiser seen at the scene of two males shot on Andrews Avenue South. Both teens were taken to St. Barnabas, where they were listed in stable condition. Seth Gottfried
The gunman, who wore dark clothing, fled the scene. While the motive remains under investigation, police believe the two men know each other and may have been involved in a dispute earlier in the day.


Another Bronx shooting broke out around 2:15 a.m. Friday on Andrews Avenue South near West 180th Street in University Heights, cops said.


Two 18-year-old males were shot, one in the right leg and one in the back, police said.

Crime scene tape at the scene where two women were stabbed at East 38th Street and Church Avenue late Thursday.The overnight violence also including two women stabbed in East Flatbush, cops said. Robert Mecea
Both were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition.


The Thursday evening violence also included two women stabbed in Brooklyn around 11:30 p.m., cops said.


One of the women, in her 30s, was stabbed in the arm, and the other, in her 20s, was stabbed in her back and hand at East 38th Street and Church Avenue in East Flatbush, police said.

Police are seen at the scene of a woman stabbed on Church Avenue and East 38th Street.The violence broke out at the end of a day that reached record-breaking temperatures in the city. Robert Mecea
Both were taken to the Kings County Hospital Center, where they were listed in stable condition.


The women were uncooperative with investigators and did not provide any information on what led to the stabbing, cops said.


No arrests have been made.


New York peaked at 90 degrees in Central Park Thursday — shattering a heat record set in the 1970s with weather rarely seen in spring, meteorologists said.


Temperatures climbed higher than the previous record for the day — set in 1977 at 88 degrees.


Preliminary figures show that a total of 23 people were shot in 19 incidents between Sunday and Thursday of this week.


Sunday saw four people shot in as many incidents, while three people were shot in as many incidents on Monday.


On Tuesday, there were again three shooting victims in three incidents, and three victims in two incidents on Wednesday.


Thursday saw the most violence, with 10 victims shot in seven incidents.


Last year’s numbers during the same period were far higher, however, with 47 people shot in 29 incidents.


That is in part because April 12, 2022 was the date of the mass subway shooting that injured 10 people in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.


Statistics from last summer showed that as the temperatures rose, so did crime city-wide.





Official statistics show the NYPD tracked weekly spikes in almost every category of major crime except murders and rapes in June, July and August of 2022, compared to 2021.


The only exceptions were felony assaults, which declined twice, and auto thefts, which dipped once.
 

1 dead, 2 injured in shootings across NYC during early morning hours​



By
Khristina Narizhnaya and
Tina Moore


April 15, 2023 4:34pm
Updated





3086 Jerome Avenue
One person was killed in the shootings in NYC. G.N.Miller/NYPost




Bullets flew across the Big Apple Saturday morning, leaving one man dead and two others hurt in three boroughs, cops said.
Gunfire erupted just before 6 a.m. at 3700 Jerome Ave in the Bronx when a 45-year-old man was fatally shot in the head, cops said.
The victim was rushed to Montefiore Medical Center where he died, cops said.
The man’s identity was pending family notification.
There were no arrests.
A revolver was recovered nearby, cops said.
The manager at nearby Gino’s Pizza and Restaurant said he had just gotten to work and was in the back cooking when a man came in and told him someone had fallen from a building out front.
“He told me, he said, ‘I saw one guy fall,’” said the manager, who refused to provide his name.
“I go to the front and the guy’s on the floor already.”
He said he called 911.
“Right now the police is coming over here every day,” the worker said.

Gun
Gunfire erupted just before 6 a.m. at 3700 Jerome Ave in the Bronx when a 45-year-old man was fatally shot in the head.G.N.Miller/NYPost
“These people have no respect. Drugs, fights, shooting, everything.


“It is very dangerous.”


A homeless man who declined to give his name said he heard three shots fired last night around 11 p.m.


“Boom, boom, boom, like real heavy,” he said.


“That’s a heavy gun right there. It came from up top at the station.”


Another homeless man who declined to give his name said he found the victim around 5 a.m. on the ground.


“At 5 a.m., I seen a man on the ground and he was bleeding out his mouth,” the man said.


“He had on a hoodie. I pulled the hood back and I saw blood on him. He had no bullet holes, but I saw on the side of his face that something had happened to him.


“He was still breathing. We waived down the police.”


A police spokeswoman said she had no information about the victim falling and that police found the man when they responded to a 911 call.

Crown Fried Chicken
A few hours prior, an 18-year-old man was shot in the back near 144 Center Street in Brooklyn around 2:22 a.m.Seth Gottfried
A few hours earlier, an 18-year-old man male was shot in the back near 144 Center Street in Brooklyn around 2:22 a.m.


The teen was rushed to Methodist Hospital in stable condition.


He told investigators two unknown males attacked him and that one of them shot him, according to cops.


Then, at 2:30 a.m., a 31-year-old man was blasted in the gut in front of a convenience store at East 116th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, cops said.


The man was rushed to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.


The victim told investigators he didn’t know who shot him and was uncooperative, according to police.





On Friday evening, a 38-year-old man was fatally shot in the torso at 2020 Albemarle Road in Flatbush, Brooklyn, cops said.


EMS rushed Winston Chee to Kings County Hospital, where he died, cops said.
 

Teen killed, another wounded in separate NYC shootings: police​



By
Patrick Reilly and
Larry Celona


April 22, 2023 2:46am
Updated





Two separate shooting in NYC has left one teen dead in Brooklyn, and another shot in the chest in the Bronx, with an NYPD officer firing his service weapon at a suspect.
Two separate shooting in NYC has left one teen dead in Brooklyn, and another shot in the chest in the Bronx, with an NYPD officer firing his service weapon at a suspect. Pictured: NYPD officers on the scene of the Brooklyn shooting. Wayne Carrington


A teenager was killed and another was wounded in separate shootings in New York City Friday night, according to police.
An 18-year-old man was shot in the chest outside of the Ingersoll Houses at 64 St Edwards St. near Downtown Brooklyn around 11:05 p.m. on Friday night, police said.
The teen was transported to Methodist Hospital where he was pronounced dead, cops said.

NYPD officers investigating the site of a shooting that killed a Brooklyn teen on Friday night.NYPD officers are investigating the site of a shooting that killed a Brooklyn teen.Wayne Carrington
Police confirmed that they have a person of interest in custody in connection to the shooting.

Around the same time, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the chest in Claremont Park in the Bronx.

As officers approached the shooting victim, they encountered two males on a scooter — one of whom was holding a gun and pointing it at the officers, police and sources said.

Police investigate the shooting at Claremont Park on April 21, 2023.Police investigate the shooting at Claremont Park on April 21, 2023.Christopher Sadowski
An officer fired his weapon once in their direction, but did not hit anyone, according to police.

One of the two males has been detained and the gun was recovered, police said.

The wounded teen was taken to a local hospital where he is expected to recover.
 




Two teens shot, one fatally, in pair of overnight NYC shootings after three days of relative peace​



By
Dean Balsamini and
Larry Celona


April 22, 2023 6:31pm
Updated





Police at the scene where a police involved shooting took place inside Claremont Park in the Bronx.
Police are interviewing a "person of interest" in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in Brooklyn. Christopher Sadowski





Police are interviewing a “person of interest” in the deadly shooting of an 18-year-old in Brooklyn, authorities said.
The victim, whose name has not been publicly released, was shot in the chest and right leg outside of the Ingersoll Houses at 64 St Edwards St. near Downtown Brooklyn around 11:05 p.m., police said.
He was later pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital, said cops, who did not identify the 22-year-old person of interest in the case. No arrests have been made.
Around the same time, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the chest in Claremont Park in the Bronx.
As officers approached the shooting victim, they encountered two males on a scooter — one of whom was holding a gun and pointing it at the officers, police and sources said.
An officer fired his weapon once in their direction but did not hit anyone, according to police. Police recovered a gun and one person was detained.

Police at the scene where a police involved shooting took place inside Claremont Park in the Bronx, NY.A 15-year-old boy was shot in the chest in Claremont Park in the Bronx.Christopher Sadowski Police at the scene where a police involved shooting took place inside Claremont Park in the Bronx, NY.The Friday firearm incidents marked the first shootings in the city since late Tuesday night, the NYPD said on Saturday.Christopher Sadowski
The wounded teen was taken to a local hospital where he is expected to recover.


The Friday firearm incidents marked the first shootings in the city since late Tuesday night, the NYPD said on Saturday.
 

Man, 26, killed on NYC street in drive-by shooting: cops​



By
Amanda Woods


April 24, 2023 12:13pm
Updated










A 26-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting on a Brooklyn street early Monday, authorities said.
The victim was struck in the chest on Dinsmore Place near Chestnut Street in Cypress Hills when a gunman opened fire from a blue SUV around 2:15 a.m., cops said.
Police were responding to a call about the gunfire when they found the gravely injured victim around the corner on Richmond Street, the NYPD said.

A police car at the scene where a man was hurt in a drive-by shooting on Dinsmore Place near Chestnut Street.A drive-by gunman blasted a 26-year-old man in the chest on Dinsmore Place near Chestnut Street in Cypress Hills around 2:15 a.m. Monday, cops said.Robert Mecea
The man, whose name has not been released pending family notification, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he died.


The motive for the deadly violence was unclear. No arrests have been made.


In a separate incident around 9:50 p.m. Sunday, two men – 42 and 44 – were sitting inside a Toyota Camry at Bay Ridge and Ninth avenues in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn when a stranger entered the back seat, flashed a gun and told them to drive, cops said.

An NYPD cop collects evidence at the scene where a carjacker let off a round at 10th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue.A carjacker let off a round during a struggle with two victims in Dyker Heights, cops said. Wayne Carrington
The car stopped on Bay Ridge Avenue near 10th Avenue, where the gunman got into a physical fight with the two victims, police said.


A single round was fired during the struggle, but no one was hurt.





The victims got away from the suspect, who took off in the Toyota, police said. They refused medical attention at the scene.


No arrests have been made.
 

Three dead, five hurt in overnight NYC mayhem, cops say​



By
Dean Balsamini and
Tina Moore


May 6, 2023 11:45am
Updated








Three people were killed and five others hurt in separate incidents across the city overnight, authorities said.
In the Bronx, a man was fatally shot in the at 4371 Third Avenue, near Bathgate Avenue around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.
The victim, 29, was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital. There are no arrests.
Police said they recovered a firearm from the victim, who was “pretty well known to the department,” sources said.
At around the same time, a man was shot in the eye outside a mosque on East 139th Street and Morris Avenue, police said.
Cops responding to a 911 call of a man shot found the victim, 29, lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. There are no arrests.
“There’s no nexus to the mosque,” a police spokesman said.
In Brooklyn, also around 4:30 a.m., a 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old were shot in the chest outside 276 Belmont Avenue, near Sutter Avenue in East New York, cops said.
Both men were taken to Brookdale Hospital, police said, adding the 23-year-old is not expected to survive and the 24-year-old was listed in stable condition. There are no arrests.

G.N.Miller/NYPost The deadly shooting sceneA sheet covers the victim in the deadly Bronx shooting as cops investigate.G.N.Miller/NYPost The gunned down victim in the Bronx Cops responding to a 911 call of a man around 4:30 a.m. Saturday shot found the victim lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. G.N.Miller/NYPost The crime scene outside a Brooklyn banquet hallThe Brooklyn shooting took place outside the Caribbean Breeze banquet hall, authorities said.
Less than an hour later, around 5:20 a.m., a dispute inside a Queens deli ended with a man fatally stabbed and his alleged 68-year-old killer under arrest, police said.


The deadly confrontation took place inside 214-57 Jamaica Avenue, Queens Village, cops said. Following the stabbing, the older man went upstairs and barricaded himself inside, authorities said. Emergency Service Unit officers were called in to arrest the suspect “without further incident,” the NYPD said.


The victim, 41, was rushed to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital with a stab wound to the left thigh but did not survive, police said.

The crime sceneRemnants of the double-shooting in Brooklyn that left one man battling for his life and another wounded, police said.
Earlier at around 4:20 a.m. in Queens, a man was shot in the leg outside 36th Avenue and Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights, police said. The victim, 21, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition, cops said. There are no arrests.


And late Friday, a 20-year-old man was shot in the chest while riding his scooter on Randall’s Island, police said.


The victim was shot in the Icahn Stadium parking lot located beneath the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge at 8:30 p.m. Police believe he was riding the scooter through the area when he was struck by gunfire. He was rushed to Harlem Hospital and is expected to survive.


Less than two hours later, at around 10:10 p.m. Friday, a man was grazed in the back on Southern Boulevard and East 180th Street in the Bronx, cops said.


The male suspect sped off in a white sedan, police said. The victim, 27, was taken to an area hospital, where he is expected to survive, the NYPD said.
 




Man wounded in overnight NYC shooting, another in subway slashing: cops​



By
Dean Balsamini


May 27, 2023 4:36pm
Updated





242nd Street 1 Train Station, Bronx, NY
A man was slashed while sitting on a northbound 1 train Friday night. J.C. Rice for NY Post


A man was shot in the back in Manhattan overnight and a straphanger was slashed on the subway in separate incidents, police said.
The shooting victim, 36, was wounded in the courtyard of the Frederick Douglass Houses at 120 West 104th Street, near Columbus Avenue at around 1:50 a.m., police said.
He was taken to St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in stable condition, cops said.

Frederick Douglass Houses at 120 West 104th Street.A 36-year-old man was in stable condition after being shot in the back in Manhattan overnight, police said.Google Maps
The unidentified gunman, last seen wearing gray pants and a black hoodie, ran off, authorities said. There are no arrests.
Meanwhile, in the Bronx, a man sitting on a northbound Number 1 train bench in the Bronx was slashed in the hand early Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred at the Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street station at around 8:40 a.m. when the victim, 58, was cut on the left hand by a man in a Yankees cap, black hooded shirt with white lettering, black jeans and white sneakers.
The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition. The suspect ran out of the station.
 

5 injured in separate shootings across NYC Sunday​



By
David Propper and
Larry Celona


May 28, 2023 9:49pm
Updated





Police probe a shooting on Staten Island.
Police were busy this holiday weekend, including on the scene of a shooting involving a 22-year-old victim on Sunday. Steve White for New York Post




A 14-year-old boy and a 22-year-old woman were among several people wounded in multiple New York City shootings Sunday – all part of a bloody holiday weekend across the Big Apple.
The teen was shot in the left leg around 4:40 p.m. in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn and was taken to Brookdale Hospital where he was listed in stable condition, according to police.
The young victim was not cooperating with police.
Hours earlier on Staten Island, a woman, 22, was shot in the left leg at around 2:33 p.m. on Clove Road.
The woman was an unintended target, law enforcement sources said.
She was taken to Staten Island University Hospital in stable condition, police said.
As the victim walked to the bus stop, she was approached by a car and asked who she was walking with, sources said.
Before she said anything, they began to shoot at the man she was with, missing their target and hitting her instead, sources said.
No arrest has been made, but police are looking into whether it’s gang-related, sources said.
Neighbors told the Staten Island Advance the area where the shooting happened is usually peaceful.

The teen boy was in stable condition.The teen boy was in stable condition.Wayne Carrington
“This is usually a really good block,” a neighbor said. “We even live across from the cemetery, it can’t get any more quieter than that.”


The pair of Sunday afternoon shootings were followed by three more shootings after dark — which sent three people to area hospitals as weekend gun violence rocked Gotham.


Around 8:50 p.m. in the Bronx, a 35-year-old man was shot once in the back and rushed to St. Barnabas in stable condition, police said. No arrest has been made.

The shooting on Staten Island happened Sunday afternoon.The shooting on Staten Island happened Sunday afternoon.Steve White for New York Post
Two hours later, a 51-year-old woman was shot and wounded near East 5th Street and Avenue C in the East Village. She was hit in the left thigh around 10:50 p.m. and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, according to police.


An arrest was made in that shooting, but no charges had been filed as of early Monday.


Then around 11:30 p.m. a 21-year-old man was shot once in the torso in the Bronx and was taken from 3rd Avenue and East 138th Street to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition. The suspect fled the scene on a bicycle.

A cop stands in Brooklyn after a shooting Sunday.A cop stands in Brooklyn after a shooting Sunday.Citizen App
The previous night, two people were shot and killed in separate shootings.


A 25-year-old man was shot and killed and a 20-year-old woman was shot and wounded outside their Queens home Saturday, police said.


Family members of Chevaughn Millings, who was pronounced dead at the hospital, alleged that the victim’s uncle pulled the trigger.





No arrest was reported so far Sunday after the suspect fled from the shooting.


In Brooklyn around the same time Saturday, a 33-year-old man was fatally shot and a 31-year-old woman was wounded when gunfire went off on Drew Street, cops said.


Authorities are seeking multiple suspects in that shooting.
 

Two killed, four hurt in overnight NYC mayhem, cops say​



By
Dean Balsamini


June 10, 2023 12:30pm
Updated





At around 4:45 a.m. in the Bronx, a 42-year-old fatally shot.
At around 4:45 a.m. in the Bronx, a 42-year-old fatally shot. Video by Dakota Santiago (FreedomNewsTV)


One man was shot dead in Brooklyn and another was gunned down in the Bronx while four others were also hurt in a spate of mayhem across the city overnight, police said.
In the deadly incidents, a man was shot in the head inside a banquet hall on Glenwood Road, near East 45th Street in East Flatbush at around 4:20 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.
The victim, 29, was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital, cops said.

The banquet hall shooting sceneA 29-year-old man was fatally shot in the head inside a banquet hall on Glenwood Road, near East 45th Street in East Flatbush at around 4:20 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.Michael Dalton The K&L Manor in BrooklynPolice establish a crime scene outside the K&L Manor banquet hall in Brooklyn.Seth Gottfried
There are no arrests.

The address comes back to the K&L Manor, according to public records.

Police did not have a description of the suspect or motive, but the victim is “known to the department,” an NYPD spokesman said.

Less than 30 minutes later, at around 4:45 a.m. in the Bronx, a man was shot in the right arm and torso outside a bodega on University Avenue, near Featherbed Lane in Morris Heights, police said.

The victim, Erasmo Pujols, 42, of the Bronx, was later pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital, cops said. There are no arrests.

Bronx bodegaA 42-year-old man was fatally shot outside a Bronx bodega Saturday morning, police said.Video by Dakota Santiago (FreedomNewsTV) Shooting sceneCops search for evidence at the Bronx bodega shooting scene.Video by Dakota Santiago (FreedomNewsTV) Investigators search for clues.The victim was gunned down at point-blank range, police said.Video by Dakota Santiago (FreedomNewsTV)
“The guy just walked up to the dude and shot him,” a police source said.

Shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, three people were wounded in the vicinity of NYCHA’s Patterson Houses of East 143rd Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, cops said.

Police were still sorting out the details, but said one victim was shot in the buttocks, another in the left leg and a third in the lower back and all are being treated at Lincoln Hospital and expected to survive, authorities said.

Blood was also spilled Friday night on the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, cops said.

The Coney Island crime scenePolice have yet to establish a motive for the Coney Island stabbing.Wayne Carrington
A 17-year-old was stabbed in the neck during an incident on Stillwell Avenue and Boardwalk shortly before 6:30, the NYPD said.

The teen was taken to Coney Island Hospital in stable condition, police said. There are no arrests.
 
Back
Top