Apr. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
Jamaica gang member Sean Brown was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for gunning down 14-year-old Aamir Griffin on a South Jamaica basketball court in a mistaken-identity shooting at the Baisley Park Houses in 2019.
Mar. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry
Two Virginia men were criminally charged in Queens Supreme Court Monday for the fatal shooting of a man in South Jamaica nearly two years ago.
Mar. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are investigating a fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in Springfield Gardens on Thursday. Police responded to a 911 call of a shooting victim at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center just before 10:30 p.m., where they were met by medical personnel who told them that the victim had been transported there by private means with a gunshot wound to his chest. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the man was shot inside a home at 178-16 Leslie Rd. in Springfield Gardens. The victim was subsequently pronounced dead,…
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Mar. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Brooklyn man was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court to 23 years to life in prison for the shooting death of a Bronx man at a crowded Springfield Gardens house party in August 2020.
Mar. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 19-year-old male from Kew Gardens Hills died Thursday morning, three days after he was shot in the head by two gunmen at the Pomonok Houses NYCHA complex just a couple of blocks away from his home on 71st Avenue.
Feb. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Forest Hills man was identified as the victim in a homicide investigation by the NYPD on Tuesday morning. Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows responded to a 911 call of a man shot in front of 67-20 Parsons Blvd. at the Pomonok Houses in Kew Gardens Hills during the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 5.
Feb. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queensbridge Houses man was arrested on Monday and booked at the 114th Precinct in Astoria in connection to a fatal shooting of an ex-con on the night of Monday, Nov. 20. Yasser Saleh, 36, of 12th Street, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment… Read more »
Jan. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has launched a probe into the shooting of 52-year-old Basche McDaniel of Manhattan who was killed during an encounter with MTA Police officers a block away from the Jamaica LIRR/AirTrain station on the night of Friday, Dec. 29.
Dec. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry A convicted rapist from Brooklyn was arrested and charged last week for the 2022 fatal shooting of a Jamaica man who was gunned down while sitting in his car on Sutphin Boulevard. Kenyon Nesbitt, 44, of Sutter Avenue in the Brownsville section of the borough, was booked on Dec….
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Dec. 27, 2023 By Dean Moses A woman is dead and a man seriously injured following a double shooting that took place in Queens late Tuesday night. Law enforcement sources said the victims drove to the 103rd Precinct stationhouse in Jamaica following the shooting seeking help from officers just before midnight. The officers were met…
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