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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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cEeg5DQ-70 Police told the New York Daily News that they have identified the man seen on camera pacing outside the 12th Avenue home [/surveillance-footage-released-louis-barbatis-killer-video/#.V4_R45OAOko] of Louis Barbati prior to the L&B Spumoni Gardens co-owner’s slaying [/breaking-man-shot-dead-dyker-heights/#.V4_UU5OAOko]. Barbati,
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)Federal prosecutors unsealed a five-count indictment Thursday against a member of the Coney Island-based “Mermaid Boys” gang for charges ranging from racketeering, narcotics trafficking, unlawful use of firearms and murder in the aid of racketeering.
Bensonhurst
L&B Spumoni Gardens, Photo by William Caruso/Bensonhurst BeanTwo theories have reportedly emerged among law enforcement officials in the Thursday murder [/breaking-man-shot-dead-dyker-heights/] of Dyker Heights resident and pizza maker Louis Barbati. According to NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce, the beloved owner of Gravesend pizzeria L&B
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The defendants. (Courtesy Brooklyn District Attorney.)Three Brooklyn men who police allege were engaged in gang warfare have been indicted in the murder of Carey Gabay [/?s=carey+gabay], announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton during a press conference today at 350
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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_
Police & Fire
Photo via Google MapsThe “bored teen” [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/04/bored-teen-accused-of-setting-coney-island-fire-now-faces-armed-robbery-charges/#.V2BlyOYrLe0] who set a deadly mattress fire in Coney Island in 2014 has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for his felony murder and arson conviction, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson today. Marcell
Bensonhurst
Photo via Google MapsThe “bored teen” [/bored-teen-accused-of-setting-coney-island-fire-now-faces-armed-robbery-charges/#.V2BlyOYrLe0] who set a deadly mattress fire in Coney Island in 2014 has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for his felony murder and arson conviction, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson today. Marcell Dockery, 18, was convicted [/coney-island-teen-convicted-arson-killing-police-officer/#.V2Bl4OYrLe1]
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)The man who allegedly shot and killed [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/06/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:
Police & Fire
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.
Central Brooklyn
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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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