Feb. 14, 2025 By Bill Parry A Venezuelan man who was living in the migrant shelter on Randall’s Island is now on Rikers Island after he was arrested last month and criminally charged with attempted murder for shooting an Astoria business owner during an armed robbery with his accomplice from Long Island in November. Elier… Read more »
Feb. 2, 2025 By Dean Moses Queens cops are on the hunt for three youths who shot a teen boy in a caught-on-camera afternoon ambush last month. According to police sources, the brazen incident unfolded on 123rd Avenue and 147th Street in Jamaica at around 2:54 p.m. on Jan. 28. Authorities said a group…
Dec. 8, 2024 By Dean Moses Investigators have released new images of the alleged assassin believed to have fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown on Wednesday after cops spent Saturday continuing to search Central Park for the murder weapon. The freshly disclosed photographs appear to show the unnamed, hooded killer riding in…
Dec. 5, 2024 By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki The investigation into Wednesday’s brazen Midtown shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is “progressing,” law enforcement sources said, as the hunt for his assassin enters its second day with the release of surveillance images of his face, By all appearances, the shooting appears to be…
Dec. 2, 2024 By Dean Moses Devin Spraggins stood emotionless inside a Queens courtroom Monday as state Supreme Court Justice Judge Kenneth Holder ordered him to serve 39 years to life behind bars after being found guilty of attempting to murder a police officer last year. While police union leaders hailed the sentence as…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Dean Moses The hero cop who was shot after a shootout with an armed robber on lifetime parole was released from hospital Wednesday as the suspect’s 42-year criminal history came to light. NYPD Police Officer Rich Wong waved as he was wheeled out of Jamaica Hospital on Nov. 20. Wong,…
Nov. 19, 2024 By Dean Moses, Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki Queens cops and an armed robber traded gunfire in a shootout on a busy shopping strip Tuesday night, leaving an officer and an innocent bystander wounded and the suspect dead, police said. Authorities said the shooting happened at about 6:30 p.m. on Nov.…
Oct. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are still looking for two gunmen more than three weeks after a drive-by shooting in Douglaston left two men wounded. The incident went down on the night of Saturday, Oct. 5, with the two victims sitting in a car at the…
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,…