Dec. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry Southeast Queens gang leader Junior Zelaya Canales pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court on Monday for his role in three murders and multiple shootings during a reign of terror that spanned New York, Texas, and El Salvador. Junior Zelaya Canales, 28, of Jamaica, pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy…
Oct. 20, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are looking for the suspects behind an early-morning shooting on Sunday morning that left a man with bullet wounds to both legs. The gun violence erupted at about 5:06 a.m. on Oct. 20 near the corner of 43rd Avenue and 11th Street in Long Island City.…
Oct. 6, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are looking for the suspect who shot and killed a man on Sunday morning. Police said the homicide happened at about 3 a.m. on Oct. 6 in an apartment building at 101-66 125th St. in South Richmond Hill. Officers from the 102nd Precinct,…
Oct. 5, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are on the hunt for the suspect who shot a man dead near a public housing complex on Friday night. Police said Rahsaun Williams, 39, of 160th Street in Queens was gunned down in front of 65-16 Parsons Blvd., near the Pomonok Houses, at about 7:32…
Oct. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry An 18-year-old reputed gang member is being held without bail after he was criminally charged with murder for allegedly firing multiple gunshots at a car, killing another teenager, outside a McDonald’s in Springfield Gardens on the night of Friday, Sept. 27. Rayvon Philip, of 167th Street in Jamaica,…
Oct. 3, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are looking for three men connected to a botched robbery that ended with two people shot and wounded. Police released on Wednesday night images of two suspects involved in the shooting that occurred at about 2:10 a.m. on Sept. 29 near a playground at the corner…
A young man in Queens was shot dead on Friday night, police reported. Police said the 23-year-old victim was slain in front of a home on the 3300 block of 96th Street in Corona at about 7:20 p.m. on Sept. 13. Officers from the 115th Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about the…
Sep. 9, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives continued to search Monday for the suspect behind a triple shooting on Sunday that left one man dead and two others seriously wounded. Law enforcement sources said the gunfire erupted at about 1 a.m. on Sept. 8 outside a home on the 13200…
Sep. 8, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Detectives in Queens are on the hunt for the shooter who seriously wounded a man near an apartment building on Sunday morning. Police said the 29-year-old male victim was shot at about 5:05 a.m. in front of the Rockaway Village apartment building located at 1725 Village Lane, near…
Aug. 31, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are looking for the shooting suspect who opened fire on a man outside a home early on Saturday morning. Police said the 36-year-old victim was attacked outside a residence on the 2100 block of Steinway Street in Astoria at about 3:57 a.m. on Aug. 31. Officers…