Jan. 19, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Queens police are on the hunt for the suspect who shot a man dead on Saturday night. Police said the victim — Sherman Walker, 51, of Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens — was gunned down at the corner of 204th Street and Murdock Avenue in St. Albans at…
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Queens Village deli worker gets 24 years for gunning down pal over money dispute: DA
Dec. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens Village resident Hassan Dees was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court on Friday to 24 years in prison for the fatal shooting of his friend after the two men argued over an unpaid debt a day after Christmas in 2021. Dees, 35, of 212th Street, pleaded guilty last…
East Elmhurst man gunned down outside a Jamaica watering hole on Sunday morning, shooter remains at large: NYPD
Sep. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry Homicide detectives out of the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are working to determine why a 31-year-old man was gunned down outside a Merrick Boulevard watering hole on Sunday morning. Police responded to a 911 call of a person shot outside the Wave Juice Bar and Lounge at 125-22…
Flushing woman pleads guilty to killing man found dead in her bed in 2021: DA
Sep. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A Flushing woman admitted she killed a man who was found dead in her bed exactly three years ago. Haiyan Deng, 34, of 39th Avenue, pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court on Wednesday to manslaughter in the first degree and other related charges for the fatal shooting of…
Video shows moment before suspect shot a Corona man to death on Friday the 13th: NYPD
Sept. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD released chilling new video surveillance of a gunman taken just moments before he fatally shot a 23-year-old Corona man in front of his home on 96th Street on Friday the 13th, police said. Homicide detectives from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are working to identify the… Read more »
Teenager busted for fatal shooting in St. Albans that killed a father of three from Cambria Heights on Monday: NYPD
Sep. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A 15-year-old boy was arrested early Wednesday morning and booked at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica in connection to the fatal shooting of a Cambria Heights father of three in St. Albans on Monday afternoon. The youngster, who was not identified because he is a juvenile, was charged…
Teen gunman sought for fatal shooting in St. Albans that killed a passing motorist, injured a pedestrian: NYPD
Sep. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry A masked teenager is being sought for allegedly bringing a gun to an afterschool melee in St. Albans and using it to send nearly a dozen youngsters running for their lives while setting off a tragic chain of events on Monday afternoon in which a Cambria Heights man…
Forest Hills man shot in East Elmhurst on Wednesday afternoon, gunman remains at large: NYPD
Sept. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry An urgent manhunt is underway for the gunman who shot and killed a Forest Hills man on a quiet residential block in East Elmhurst on Wednesday afternoon. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights responded to a 911 call of a man shot in front of 25-16 Humphrey… Read more »
Jamaica man indicted in 2018 cold-case murder of Brooklyn rapper at a Woodhaven bar: DA
Sep. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Jamaica man for the fatal drive-by shooting of a rapper outside a Woodhaven pub in 2018. Johnathan Rice, 43, of 178th Street, was arraigned on Friday on an indictment charging him with murder in the second degree for allegedly gunning down 35-year-old…
Hollis men sentenced for gunning down St. Albans dice player who was beating them at craps in 2021: DA
Aug. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry Two Hollis men were sentenced to 23 years to life in prison in Queens Supreme Court on Wednesday for murdering a dice game opponent from St. Albans in 2021. Mark Watson, 28, of 201st Street, and Rodney Dunn, 40, of 109th Avenue, were convicted after a two-week jury…