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Site of the shooting. Photo via Google Maps.A man was shot and killed on East 56 Street between Avenue O and Fillmore Avenue on Thursday September 1 at around 12:30pm, according to police. Kendell Walcott, 24, was killed down the road from his home on the corner of
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The 25-year-old victim was shot and killed by a gunman on North Elliott Place on August 28. (Photo: Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/15+N+Elliott+Pl,+Brooklyn,+NY+11205/@40.6975761,-73.9774719,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25bcbd5bb28c7:0xadd067ceeb5ed998!8m2!3d40.6976373!4d-73.9772519] )A man
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Photo via Justin McGregorThe NYPD is investigating a shooting outside of P.S. 6 last night, August, which left a 38-year-old man dead from bullets to the back of his head; a death that cops believe was retribution for a stolen baseball cap. The victim, Gerald Cummings, was standing with
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Walt Whitman Houses (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus / Justin Fox)Police have identified a woman who was shot and killed [/blog/2016/07/22/cops-help-identifying-woman-killed-whitman-houses/]at the Walt Whitman Houses last Thursday, as 26-year-old Coral O’Brien from Los Lunas, New Mexico. When police found her, responding to a call at
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Council Member Laurie Cumbo and Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Council Member Laurie Cumbo [/?s=cumbo] and Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley [/?s=mosley] took a stand alongside activists at the Whitman Houses following the killing of an unidentified woman last week. Cumbo and
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The Walt Whitman Houses (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)The NYPD is asking for your help identifying a woman who was killed in a homicide at the Walt Whitman houses. The woman is described as “white/Hispanic” and between the ages of 20 and 35 by police. She was
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A 66-year-old man was shot in the lobby of a Walt Whitman Houses building early this morning. He later died of his injuries. (Photo by Francisco Daum)A woman was killed at the Whitman Houses last night, according to the NYPD. Cops say they responded to a call just past
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(Courtesy Flickr/Laser Burner [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rhodamine/3461574750/in/photolist-6e7BNc-6ebJPu-NFJ8q-6gTtzh-2aCcCX-76uwua-CAPYdt-xskRQ9-5GneKg-5GrwBj-db6xG7-6J8HEd-G4qxy] )A heroic bystander was shot in the head while trying to stop a woman from shooting into a crowd of women and children outside the Farragut Houses, reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/cops-hunt-gun-toting-woman-shot-crowd-brooklyn-article-1.2682172?utm_
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Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)The man who allegedly shot and killed [/murrow-high-student-murdered-babysitting-3-year-old-nephew/] an Edward R. Murrow High School student — while she looked after her 3-year-old cousin — turned himself in to police Thursday, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/police-identify-man-fatally-shot-brooklyn-baby-sitter-article-1.
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Edward R. Murrow High School student Shemel Mercurius. (Photo: Shemel Mercurius [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=109716316117510&set=a.109716439450831.1073741826.100012374257523&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Our hearts go out to Edward R. Murrow High School’s students and staff, who lost one of their
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Jerome Leslie. (Photo provided by the Brooklyn DA)The Coney Island man convicted for the 2013 Christmas Eve shooting [/coney-island-man-convicted-shooting-teen-dog-christmas-eve/] that killed a teen and wounded his dog has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced. The murder allegedly stemmed from a weeks-long
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Photo by Rachel McKenziePolice identified the man found on the shore near Kingsborough Community College as a 28-year-old convicted felon with money troubles, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/brooklyn-ex-con-found-dead-plastic-bag-feet-concrete-article-1.2624584] . Peter Martinez, who reportedly had been arrested 31 times and given a two-year prison sentence