Tag: new-york-city-police-department

Community calls for unity after LGBTQIA+ memorial bench for Brooklyn teen defaced

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Oct. 11, 2024 By Adam Daly The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the desecration of a Bay Ridge memorial bench dedicated to the life of a local LGBTQIA+ teen. The bench, painted in the colors of the progressive Pride flag, was installed along Shore Road in memory of Megan Alano, who died…

17-year-old robbed, stabbed inside Crown Heights subway station

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Oct. 7, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A 17-year-old boy was violently robbed inside the Utica Avenue-Crown Heights subway station on Friday night, according to the NYPD. The victim was on the platform waiting for a southbound 3 train just after 9 p.m. when an unknown man wearing a Chicago bulls hat and a blue-and-green…

City Council begins ethics investigation of Susan Zhuang, who allegedly bit cop at Gravesend protest

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Sep. 18, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller The City Council on Tuesday opened an ethics investigation into Brooklyn Council Member Susan Zhuang, who made headlines earlier this summer over her arrest for allegedly biting a cop during a protest against a new homeless shelter in her district. City Council spokesperson Shirley Limongi confirmed the body’s…

Man shot in face survives Brooklyn barricade standoff, cops still seeking suspect

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Sep. 16, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell A man is lucky be alive after being shot in the face on Saturday afternoon in Clinton Hill. Officers from the 88th Precinct responded to a 911 call just before 2 p.m. reporting a shooting near Lafayette and Classon avenues. Upon arrival, they found a 36-year-old man with…

Man fatally shot in Bed-Stuy subway station, cops still searching for killer

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Sep. 5, 2024 By Dean Moses A Crown Heights man was shot and killed in a Bed-Stuy subway station late on Wednesday night, according to police.  Law enforcement sources said the victim — 47-year-old Freddie Weston of Sterling Place  — was killed next to a MetroCard vending machine at the Rockaway Avenue train station…

More skeletal human remains found in Brooklyn Bridge Park days after initial discovery

Brooklyn Bridge Park remains

Aug. 21, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen More human remains were discovered in Brooklyn Bridge Park early on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after police recovered skeletal remains from the same shoreline. A parkgoer saw the remains just after midnight near Jane’s Carousel, near 47 Water St., just after midnight on Aug. 21, according to…