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Residents Have Had Enough Of ‘Senseless Bloodshed’ On Brooklyn Streets

At a march against gun violence in 2018. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Violence in the borough has increased compared to last year. A one-year-old was murdered at a cookout in July. A 20-year-old tourist was killed by a stray bullet over the weekend. Residents have had enough. Throughout NYC,

Man Shot And Killed Outside Brooklyn Baby Shower

CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS — A man was shot and killed outside of a baby shower Friday night at the border of Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, according to police. Police identified Courtney Tingle, of Ft. Greene’s Walt Whitman Houses as the victim. NYPD responded to a 9-1-1 call at

Man Charged For Stabbing Wife To Death Turns Himself In At 78th Precinct

Beresford Ashley allegedly stabbed his estranged wife to death in front of 1413 Blake Avenue in East New York. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/1473+Blake+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11208/@40.6726213,-73.8621102,3a,75y,1h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sU_hCKr4-f8aJuJW2-76Ncw!2e0!

Suspect In Fatal Carjacking Previously Arrested 30 Times

24-year-old Joshua Colon was arrested in an incident on Monday which led to the death of local business owner Phil Dellegrazie. (Image via NYPD)A criminal from Bensonhurst with a lengthy rap sheet has been accused in Monday’s carjacking [/blog/neighbors/local-owner-killed-by-own-vehicle-while-chasing-carjacker/], which left a beloved father and business

Boo-zers, Murders, And A Ghost Box: The Brooklyn Paranormal Society “Investigates” Prospect Park

BPS awaits a sign at an actual murder site in Prospect Park. (Photo by Will Caruso / Park Slope Stoop)It all started out with a beer and a reliquary. And a glove. “Don’t touch it with your bare hands,” says Raymond Swyers. He was referring to an ash-colored wooden

In Wake Of Summer’s Violence, Community Leaders & Police Stress Importance Of Working Together At National Night Out

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerHundreds of people came out for the 70th Precinct’s [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml] National Night Out at the Parade Grounds Tuesday evening, and the event featured everything from a free barbecue to entertainment for the kids — but area

Nikolai Rakossi Heads To Trial In Russia For 2011 Murder Of Wife, Step-Daughter In Sheepshead Bay

Nikolia RakossiNikolai Rakossi [/tag/nikolai-rakossi/], the husband and step-father of two women brutally murdered in a Sheepshead Bay apartment in 2011, is now on trial in Russia after four years, an international manhunt and unprecedented collaboration between Russian and American law enforcement agencies. Rakossi is accused of the stabbing deaths

Slain Officer Wenjian Liu, A Gravesend Resident, Had Been Married Just Three Months

Officer Rafael Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu. Source: DCPIAs you may have heard, on Saturday, two police officers guarding a Bedford-Stuyvesant housing project were shot and killed [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/nyregion/two-police-officers-shot-in-their-patrol-car-in-brooklyn.html] in what appears to be a revenge attack for the deaths of Michael

Cops Cuff 19-Year-Old For September Murder In Coney Island’s Sea Park Apartments

Sea Park Apartments (Source: Google Maps)A 19-year-old man is charged with second degree murder in connection with the September 3 shooting death of a Coney Island man [/highrise-homicide-man-found-shot-head-hallway-coney-island-building/]. Jalik Banks, 19, was collared by cops yesterday and charged with second degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in

Highrise Homicide: Man Found Shot In Head In Hallway Of Coney Island Building

Sea Park Apartments (Source: Google Maps)Cops are investigating an apparent homicide in Coney Island, in which a 23-year-old man was found shot once in the head. The grisly scene unfolded at the Sea Park Apartments at 2980 West 28th Street just after 8:00pm. Cops arrived to find the