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14 Alleged Members of Flatbush-Based “Babiiez” Gang Charged in Conspiracy Indictment that Includes 11 Shootings

Over a dozen alleged members of a Flatbush-based street gang have been charged in an 81-count indictment that includes charges related to 11 shootings, the Brooklyn District Attorney (DA) announced today. The 14 alleged members of the “Babiiez” street gang are facing charges that include conspiracy to commit murder, weapons

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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,

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Five Dead, One Injured In Four Separate Shootings Over The Weekend

Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsBROOKLYN – This was another weekend with shootings and deaths. In four separate shootings across the borough, five people died, including a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old. On Friday, July 24, around 5:30 p.m., 39-year-old Ancil Blackman was shot in the face in front of a church

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NYPD Announces Details on Crown Heights Cops Increase

CROWN HEIGHTS—The NYPD has sent dozens of additional police officers to a pocket of Brooklyn that in recent months has seen an increase in shootings and homicides, a department official said Monday. NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan, First Deputy Police Commissioner Benjamin Tucker, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and

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Crown Heights Homicides up 600%, Mayor Promises More Cops

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O’Neill hold a media availability on crime statistics at One Police Plaza on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeCROWN HEIGHTS—Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that the city will be “very aggressive” in response to an uptick

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2017 Was Brooklyn’s Safest Year On Record

As 2017 winds to a close this weekend, it will go down as the safest year on record, part of a historic decrease in crime across New York City. Today, Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez released a statement outlining the finer points of 2017’s crime reductions—especially the lowest

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Shootings At Caribbean Day Festival Leave Two Victims Dead On Labor Day

Just some of the thousands of officers up tonight making a safe, celebratory #JOuvert in Brooklyn. #WeAreJOuvert pic.twitter.com/NotGDAMEMi — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) September 5, 2016 Early Monday morning, four people were shot, two of whom were killed, in the midst of the annual Caribbean Day Festival which attracts

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‘Round Brooklyn: Toddler Snatching, Graffiti, And More

Who doesn’t love a hammock? (Courtesy Flickr/Missy S.)The weather seems to have finally settled into steady warmth, so find a spot in the sun and check out what’s been going down ’round the county of Kings. With $500K possible in bills, victims of Gowanus hit and

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18 Gang Members Who Terrorized Flatbush And Kensington Indicted Today [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzZC4NxC91Y&feature=youtu.be Video depicting July 13, 2015 shooting at 866 Coney Island Avenue. (Courtesy: Brooklyn District Attorney) A gang which terrorized parts of Brooklyn, especially greater Flatbush, with gun violence has been the subject of a massive police investigation and now

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Senator Persaud And Assemblymember Simon Respond To Threatening NRA Tweet

Sounding off on one of the most ridiculous anti-gun schemes introduced in some time: https://t.co/nDt77l6OuQ pic.twitter.com/JI86OQ5HI0 — Americas1stFreedom (@NRAA1F) January 4, 2016 After an NRA-sponsored publication tweeted a photo of state Senator Roxanne Persaud (D – 19th Senate District) and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (Assembly

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Map Shows A Year In Gun Violence Citywide, Including Deaths And Injuries In Fort Greene-Clinton Hill

Image via The Trace.With the proliferation of shootings — some fatal, some not — in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this year, it doesn’t really come as a surprise to see so many red, yellow, and green arrows on this map of the past 12 months in shootings, compiled by

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Another Shooting In Fort Greene Leads To Chase And Shoulder Wound For Suspect

Image via NYPD.Some of you heard helicopters flying over the northwest corner of Fort Greene Park on Friday night (December 11) shortly after 8pm and wondered what was going on. Well, as we noted on Facebook, it was an NYPD copter deployed after shots were fired and police chased

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Adams And Cumbo Call For State Support For Anti-Gun Violence Programs And Community Programs

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.In the wake of the evening rush-hour shooting death of 16-year-old Armani Hankins this past Monday, October 26, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Councilmember Laurie Cumbo have issued a call for collaboration between the state, city, and community groups. Specifically, they want Governor Andrew

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Three People Injured In Shooting On Parkside Court, Near Prospect Park: NYPD

Two men and one woman were wounded when gunfire broke out on Parkside Court, near Parkside Avenue, around 2am Saturday morning — one of a series of shootings that occurred during a particularly violent weekend in Brooklyn, and the city, the NYPD said. A 34-year-old man was shot in the leg,

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Mill Basin Man Shoots Brighton Beach Woman In Head At Glitzy Waldorf-Astoria Wedding

The lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where the incident occurred. Source: Waldorf Astoria HotelA Mill Basin man fired off a shot during cocktail hour at a wedding in Manhattan’s prestigious Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Sunday, grazing a Brighton Beach woman in the head, and injuring three others with debris from

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Nakwon Foxworth Convicted Of Shooting Three Cops In Sheepshead Apartment

The man who opened fire on police officers in his Nostrand Avenue apartment – wounding three of them – was convicted last week, and now faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. Nakon Foxworth, 36, was found guilty on April 1 of two counts of aggravated assault upon a police officer,

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BREAKING: Female Shot Near Brighton 6th Street (Updated)

Brighton 5th Court and Brighton 6th Street (Source: Google Maps)Sheepshead Bites received word that a shooting occurred on Brighton 5th Court near Brighton 6th Street, about a block away from William E. Grady High School. Initial reports, pulled from police scanners, indicate that the victim is female. EMS is

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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

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Crime Report: Robbery At Gunpoint, Stolen Marvel Comics T-Shirts & Check Fraud

A masked man robbed a 22-year-old man at gunpoint in the Ingersoll Houses on June 4 at 12:40 a.m. He told police that two men had followed him into his apartment building. Fearing for his safety, he left the building, still followed by the two men. The victim

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Addressing The Ongoing Violence At Church Avenue & E 18th Street

As you may already know, police at the 70th Precinct have made an arrest in yesterday’s shooting inside the Church Avenue B/Q station, although they tell us they are unable to release the name of the shooter until they receive approval from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.

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Coney Island Resident Sues Trigger Happy Cop For Firing At Dog

(Source: GerritsenBeach.net / Flickr)Elizabeth Villafane, a resident of Coney Island, is claiming in a lawsuit that a New York Police Department officer fired one to two shots at her and her dog, according to a DNAinfo article. Villafane has three kids and lives in a New York City Housing

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Man Shot In The Head On E 18th Street & Church Avenue

A man shot in the head on Church Avenue and E 18th Street has been transported to Kings County Hospital in serious condition, says a spokesman for the FDNY. The call was received at 7:02pm, and the victim is not likely to survive. Unconfirmed reports suggest the victim is

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Mistrial For Marine Park Sniper Thomas Dunikowski

A photo from the scene the morning after the attack. (Source: NYDailyNews.com)The Marine Park man accused of attempting to kill rowdy teenagers hanging out in front of his house last year will face a new trial after a judge called a mistrial when jurors hit a deadlock. Thomas

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BREAKING: Retired NYPD Officer Suffers Self-Inflicted Gunshot On East 17th, Ave Y

A large police response has turned out for what initial reports indicate is a self-inflicted gunshot wound suffered by a retired NYPD officer at East 17th Street and Avenue Y. Scanner reports indicate that the unidentified officer mistakenly shot himself herself in the leg. EMS has removed the victim from

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Open Thread: In Tribute To Those Wounded & Killed In The Aurora Massacre

Sheepshead Bites dedicates this week’s open thread to the 70 victims of the Aurora, Colorado, shooting – 12 of whom were mortally wounded. A complete list of the victims can be found here, complete with biographical information reminding you that these were people, not numbers. This unthinkable violence, senseless in