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The intersection at East 11th Street and Banner Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)A 29-year-old man found dead outside a building near the Belt Parkway this morning may have died of a drug overdose, according to authorities. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. However, cops say the man
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA woman in her fifties was fatally struck by a van near New Utrecht Avenue and 65th Street early this morning. The 25-year-old male driver of a 2005 Ford van was driving westbound on 65th Street at 6:30am when he struck the woman as she was
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA woman was killed by a car turning left onto Bath Avenue from 20th Avenue Thursday. Responding to the 911 call at 1:03pm, cops found 56 year-old Alfiya Djuraeva with trauma to her head and torso. She was transported to Lutheran Hospital where she was pronounced
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCops say a 29-year-old man died Friday night after he was shot several times in the head inside a Coney Island apartment building. Police say they arrived at the residence, located on the fourth floor of a building near West 21st Street and Surf Avenue, at 8pm
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA man was fatally struck by a southbound D train on Saturday, according to police. The incident occurred at the New Utrecht Avenue and 79th Street elevated subway station at approximately 4:34am, cops said. The man appeared to be in his 20s. EMS responded and pronounced
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A man found unresponsive in the Ambrose Channel near Sandy Hook yesterday has been identified as the 24-year-old Bensonhurst man who went missing [/family-searching-for-missing-man/] on April 20. Xiao Bo Zhu, who suffered from anxiety, made suicidal statements [/family-searching-for-missing-man/] before leaving his family’s home on 18th Avenue late that night.
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Source: Google MapsA 45-year-old homeless man was found dead in a box trailer in Coney Island over the weekend, according to officials. The still-unidentified man, called only Luis, was discovered unresponsive at 3:04am in the parked truck in front of Nick’s Auto Glass shop, located at 1523 Neptune
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Source: Facebook/VillabateAlbaA woman was found unconscious in a parked sedan this morning in front of a bakery on the corner of 18th Avenue and 70th Street, from an apparent overdose, police said. The woman, who was identified as Maria Raudino, 28, from Toms River, NJ, was found slumped, face-down
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Denis Volchkin (Source: Facebook)She called police to defend her from her own son, and now says they went too far. Liliya Pilipenko, 54, said cops didn’t need to kill her son, 28-year-old Denis Volchkin, when he lunged at officers armed with a knife. “It’s not a gun,