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Six People Were Shot In Crown Heights This Morning. One Of Them Died.

Photo at the scene via Loudlabs.CROWN HEIGHTS – Six people were shot early this morning. Five are in stable condition and one died from her wounds. On Wednesday, July 15 at around 2:11 a.m., a group of people was outside a building on President Street near Franklin Avenue

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‘We Need a Crisis-level Response’: Myrie, Richardson Call on State to Cough Up More Anti-Gun Violence Funding

State Senator Zellnor Myrie speaks at a press conference outside his office (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS — Brooklyn-based anti-gun violence groups need more money from the state, local elected officials said Friday. While announcing the allocation of hundreds of thousands in state funds to neighborhood-based anti-gun violence

Central Brooklyn

Adams Sides With NYPD And Mayor on Diversion Program

Eric Adams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Monday aligned himself with the mayor and NYPD—and opposite the borough’s district attorney—on the use of a controversial alternative-to-prison program. Asked about District Attorney Eric Gonazalez’s defense of his office’s directing first-time illegal

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Friday Crime Blotter: Stolen Credit Card Declined for Sneaker Shopper, Suspect Arrested in Bath Beach Shooting & More

PARK SLOPE – After a sneaker-head attempted to use a stolen credit card on a quick shopping spree, police are looking to track down the shoeless bandit. On Wednesday, December 11, police said the suspect entered a Park Slope Footlocker, at 532 5th Avenue, around 11: 45 am. Inside, he attempted

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Wednesday Crime Blotter: Kidnap Car Thief Still At Large in Canarsie, East Flatbush Man Arrest for 2017 Murder & More

Photo via Wikimedia CommonsDUMBO – After an assault on the F train, police have released photos of the suspect they’re searching for, hoping the public can help track him down. Around 4:00 pm on Wednesday, November 28, the suspect got into a verbal dispute over a seat with a

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Gun Violence and Road Rage Claim Two Lives in Bath Beach

In Bath Beach, two homicides claimed the lives of two men in on Sunday, including an FDNY firefighter. In the early hours of Sunday, December 9, police said Faizal Coto, 33, was involved in a possible road-rage confrontation that ended in his death. Responding to a 911 call of a

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Bed-Stuy Shootings Kill Two Men Just Blocks Apart

The corner of Marcus Garvey and Pulaski, near where one of yesterday’s shootings took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)Yesterday, two fatal shootings in Bed-Stuy claimed the lives of two men a few blocks apart, just after the NYPD announced another historic drop in overall homicide rates. The first

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Man Shot and Killed in East New York

EAST NEW YORK – A man was shot and killed in the early hours of this morning, Monday, December 3, police confirmed. Around 5:30 am, police responded to a 911 call for an unconscious man discovered by EMS at Blake and Van Sinderen Avenues in East New York. On arrival,

Central Brooklyn

One Shooter Sentenced in Flatbush Funeral Gunfight, Brother Awaits Trial

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerFLATBUSH – The gunman who killed two people outside a funeral in 2015 has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, the District Attorney announced. Fritz Celestine, 43, of Georgia, was attending the April 27, 2015 funeral of 38-year-old Jose Luis Robles at the Emmanuel

Bed Stuy

Bed-Stuy Man Shot to Death in Sumner Houses Apartment

Outside 896 Park Avenue, where Theodore Smith was shot to death last night (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – A man was shot and killed last night at the Sumner Houses in Bed-Stuy, police confirmed. Around 7:30 pm on Monday, November 12, police received a 911 call of a man

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Two Dead After Possible Murder Suicide in Bushwick

Outside the building on Menahan Street, where the shootings took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – On Friday, two people were found shot dead inside a Bushwick apartment in what could be a tragic murder/suicide. A call of an assault in progress was made to 911 around 8:15

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Weekend Crime Blotter: Stranger Attacks in Sheepshead Bay, Shooting in Crown Heights & More

SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are looking for a man in connection with a seemingly unprovoked assault of an off-duty cop walking his dog on a Sheepshead Bay street last week. On Thursday, November 8, around 9:00 am, police said the suspect walked up to a 29-year-old man near Williams Court

Downtown Brooklyn

Flatbush Man Killed in Shooting at City Point Target

City Point, Downtown BrooklynDOWNTOWN – A man was shot and killed at the Target store in City Point last night, police confirmed. Around 11:15 pm on Wednesday, November 7, police received a call of a shooting at 445 Albee Square, the new City Point shopping center and residential high-rise. On

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Two Dead in Brooklyn Following Friday Shootings

Photo via Wikimedia CommonsTwo men were killed in two separate Brooklyn neighborhoods last Friday, following a spate of non-fatal shootings during the week. CANARSIE – In Canarsie, a man was shot and killed at the Bayview Houses on Shore Parkway, police said. Around 7:30 pm on Friday, November 2, police

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Friday Crime Blotter: A Subway Slashing at Atlantic, A Brass-Knuckle Beating in East Flatbush & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)CROWN HEIGHTS – The man who shot an killed Khadeem Anderson, 28, in a Crown Heights deli over the summer has been arrested, police confirmed this morning. Carlos Lysius, 36, of Coney Island was arrested in the killing, charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. The

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Elderly Man With Mob Ties Killed in Sheepshead Bay

Zito was found shot to death in his Sheepshead Bay home on Friday, police said (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – An elderly man was shot in the head at his home in Sheepshead Bay on Friday, police said, in what is thought to be a mob-related hit. Vincent Zito,

Central Brooklyn

Friday Crime Blotter: Two Arrests In Suspicious Summer Death, A Hammer to the Head in Greenwood Heights & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)EAST FLATBUSH – A “suspicious death” from the summer has been confirmed as murder and police have two suspects in custody. Annika Cansino, 23, and Alexander Alberda, 21, have both been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and kidnapping, police announced. The charges are for the death of

Central Brooklyn

Friday Crime Blotter: Attempted Burglary in East Flatbush, A Shooting in Sheepshead Bay & More

Photo via Wikimedia CommonsSHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are looking for a suspect who shot another man outside a Sheepshead Bay mini mart earlier this week. The shooting took place around 11:00 pm on Tuesday, October 16, in front of the Nostrand Mini Mart at 3600 Nostrand Avenue, at Avenue W.

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14-Year-Old Indicted on Murder Charges After Senseless Slaying on Brownsville Basketball Court

The basketball courts at Chester Playground, where the shooting took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BROWNSVILLE – Nearly a month after a 16-year-old was shot in the head on a Brownsville basketball court, his killer has been indicted on murder charges, facing a potential 15-year sentence if convicted. That’s one

Central Brooklyn

East Flatbush Man Shot to Death at Nostrand Ave and Glenwood Road

EAST FLATBUSH – Police have identified the man shot to death in East Flatbush earlier this week, along with tracking down a surveillance image of his suspected killer, the NYPD confirmed. The shooting took place just before 3:00 am on Monday, October 8, said police, at the intersection of Nostrand

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Wednesday Crime Blotter: One Suspect At Large, Two Arrested After Marine Park Home Invasion, Killer Ex-Boyfriend Surrenders in Bushwick & More

MARINE PARK – Two suspects are in custody after a brutal home invasion robbery of an elderly couple in Marine Park, in which the burglars sexually assaulted one of the victims and slashed the other’s face before stealing their car. One of the suspects, however, remains at large. The robbery

Bed Stuy

As Multiple Murders Hit Brooklyn Over Weekend, Police Make Arrests, Search for Answers

Four homicides in as many days hit Brooklyn this weekend, stretching from Friday until the early hours of this morning. Arrests have been made in some cases, plus a few from previous homicides, while a couple cases remain up in the air. Here’s what we know: EAST FLATBUSH – Just

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Wednesday Crime Blotter: Robbed for Sneakers in Sheepshead Bay, An Unprovoked Attack in a Williamsburg Bar & More

BROWNSVILLE – A 14-year-old suspect has been identified in the tragic shooting death of 16-year-old Timothy Oyebola in Brownsville in late September. Just before 4:00 pm on Friday, September 22, police arrived at the scene of a man shot near Chester and Sutter Avenues to find 16-year old Timothy Oyebola

Downtown Brooklyn

After Another Daylight Shooting Near Fulton Mall, Borough President Responds

Looking towards Borough Hall from the corner of Willoughby and Pearl Streets, near the scene of yesterday’s shooting (Screenshot via Google Maps)DOWNTOWN – After a third daylight shooting in as many months near the Fulton Mall, Borough President Eric Adams has called for a meeting of local stakeholders to

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Friday Crime Blotter: Armed Robbery in a Prospect Heights Lobby, A Creep on a Midwood Street & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Two men are wanted in connection with an armed robbery that took place in the lobby of Prospect Heights building earlier this month. The incident occurred just before 6:00 am on Saturday, September 15, when two suspects followed two men into the lobby of