Jul. 1, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on July 1 moved to vacate the 1988 first-degree manslaughter conviction of 55-year-old Brian Kendall after a the Conviction Review Unit found that the charges against him did not hold up, and that he is “likely innocent.” According to the DA and a…
Jun. 26, 2025 By Dean Moses A woman was shot and killed blocks from her home in Prospect Heights on Wednesday night, and her killer left her to die in the middle of a crosswalk, police said. Officers from the 78th Precinct rushed to the intersection of Carlton and Pacific Avenues in Prospect Heights…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime was down in Brooklyn in May, according to the latest NYPD data, as city officials celebrated a citywide drop in murders and shootings in the first five months of the year. Across the borough, major felonies — defined by the NYPD as murder, rape, robbery, felony…
Jun. 2, 2025 By Adam Daly A Brooklyn woman claims she was left with “permanent injuries” after being trampled during a chaotic stampede sparked by false reports of gunfire at a 2022 boxing match at Barclays Center, according to a recently filed lawsuit against the arena and several affiliated companies. The incident unfolded around…
May. 30, 2025 By Emily Davenport The NYPD is looking for a suspect who assaulted a bus driver with a wrench in Red Hook earlier this month. According to police, at 8:04 a.m. on May 13, a 71-year-old male MTA employee was operating a B61 bus near the vicinity of Lorraine Street and Hicks…
May. 29, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A Sunset Park man will spend 25 years in prison for fatally stabbing his former partner in 2019. Sheng Mao Chen, 48, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in May, nearly six years after the killing of 46-year-old Xiu Rong Zheng in Sunset Park. He was sentenced to prison…
May. 28, 2025 By Dean Moses A man caught by cops allegedly urinating inside a Downtown Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday was found in possession with two guns and assorted ammunition, police reported Wednesday. Officers from Transit District 30 initially spotted the suspect — identified 49-year-old Darrick McCall — exposing himself and peeing onto the northbound…
May. 19, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki Another double shooting rocked Brooklyn on Sunday night as two people, including a teenager, were shot in a Cypress Hills park. The outburst of gun violence was the borough’s third shooting involving two victims during the weekend. Officers from the 75th Precinct rushed to Highland…
May. 14, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A Park Slope man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday for a 2022 shooting in Sunset Park that left a 20-year-old man seriously injured. The victim was shot twice in the chest after 56-year-old John Carter and his accomplices, searching for a different person,…
May. 7, 2025 By Dean Moses & Robb Pozarycki Brooklyn detectives are looking for the suspect who shot a man at a nail salon on Tuesday night. Police said the shooting occurred inside the business near 795 Crown St. in Crown Heights at about 9:25 p.m. on May 7. Officers from the 71st Precinct, in…