Aug. 16, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Brooklyn detectives are investigating a shooting that left a man critically injured in Bed-Stuy early Friday afternoon. Officers from the 79th Precinct responded to 205 Macon St. just before 12:13 p.m., where they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds to his abdomen. The victim collapsed onto a…
Tag: police-and-fire
Firefighters rescue trapped resident in Brooklyn blaze
Aug. 15, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters rescued a person trapped on the second floor of a multi-family dwelling in Bath Beach on Thursday morning, according to the FDNY.
Police seek suspect in robbery of woman at Brooklyn M train station
Aug. 12, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
Cops are looking to identify the man they say snatched a pair of chains from a woman’s neck at the Myrtle Avenue and Central Avenue M station late last month.
Rain or shine: National Night Out Against Crime thrives in some Brooklyn nabes, despite weather
Aug. 7, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
Despite dark skies and heavy rain, the spirit of National Night Out Against Crime was alive and well in parts of Brooklyn on Tuesday.
Three separate Brooklyn fires injure 12 residents over weekend, FDNY investigates
Jul. 29, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Three separate fires across Brooklyn from Friday night to Saturday morning left 12 residents injured.
Former ‘Jeopardy!’ champ, Brooklyn Heights teacher hit with child porn charges
Jul. 26, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
A former “Jeopardy!” champion hired to teach at an elite Brooklyn Heights private school is accused of deceiving students into sending him explicit photos and sharing child pornography, prosecutors revealed Thursday.
‘They moved very quickly’: Firefighters rescue 11 from Brooklyn blaze
Jul. 24, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters rescued 11 residents and two firefighters sustained minor injuries during a two-alarm fire in Sunset Park on Tuesday night.
Brooklyn community rallies against gun violence and oversized migrant shelter
Jul. 24, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Community members in Clinton Hill and neighboring Fort Greene are seeing red after back-to-back shootings near a crowded migrant shelter on Sunday night.
Zhuang defends actions, accuses NYPD of police brutality after protest arrest
Jul. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Council Member Susan Zhuang defended her actions and accused police of excessive force a day after she was arrested and charged with assault for allegedly biting a police officer during a protest in Gravesend.
Young bandits strike twice: Group of teens wanted for Brooklyn robbery spree
Jul. 19, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
Police are asking for help identifying five male suspects — all said to be between the ages of 14 to 16 years old — who are wanted in connection with a robbery spree and the alleged assaults of victims who tried to intervene in Bushwick.