This Week In The Slope: Leg Shot, Sure Shot, Fencing’s Hot, And More

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• Would-Be mugger puts gun to head of off-duty cop on 6th Avenue; Instead gets shot by cop’s cousin.

• Here’s your borough-wide event listings for the 240th Anniversary of the Battle Of Brooklyn.

• Dining Review: For the love of a killer bodega sandwich, 5th Ave. Market delivers the goods.

• MCA Day is your ‘Sure Shot’ to celebrate the life and music of Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch.

• Touché! Park Slope neighbor and fencer Race Imboden takes home the bronze in Rio.

Market Fresh of Windsor Terrace reopens, quelling concerns of yet another supermarket closure.

• Local ‘Berniecrat’ running for State Assembly in District 44.

Deadline to register for New York State & Local Primary is this week.

• Police searching for ATM robber in Prospect Heights.

Fight for Jim Brennan’s seat may hinge on level of frustration at Dems.

• Los Peloteros del Verano: Brooklyn Bulldogs head to Dominican Republic for cultural exchange.

• Local candidate talk: Michael Cox runs for state senate.

• Community activist running for state assembly in District 44.

• Register for 8th Annual Brooklyn T.E.A.L.® Walk / 5K Run For Ovarian Cancer (Sponsored).