May. 9, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica gang leader was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn for gunning down a rival during a drive-by shooting in front of a Springfield Gardens bodega in 2019. Christopher “Essay” Acevedo, 28, the founder and leader of the Wood City gang, was found guilty of murder in…
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Two Jamaica men get 50 years to life for fatal 2017 shooting in Richmond Hill: DA
Apr. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry Two Jamaica men were sentenced to 50 years to life in prison on April 25 for fatally shooting a visitor from Guyana and wounding the victim’s brother during a botched 2017 robbery in Richmond Hill. Shakim Allen, 29, of Merrick Avenue, and Dreshaun Smith, 29, of 160th Street, were…
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Teenager with gunshot wound to chest stumbles into Middle Village urgent care seeking help: NYPD
Apr. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry
There was a mystery in Middle Village Monday afternoon after an 18-year-old Hispanic man walked into the Centers Urgent Care with a gunshot wound to his chest.
Two gunmen remain at large in cold-blooded killing that was caught on camera in St. Albans
Apr. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry
Homicide detectives from the 113th Precinct and Patrol Borough Queens South are still searching for two gunmen who allegedly shot and killed a Florida man in front of a St. Albans nightclub early Saturday morning.
Man found dead outside St. Albans nightclub in early morning shooting: NYPD
Apr. 8, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb The NYPD is searching for two suspects connected with the fatal shooting of a Florida man who was found dead outside of a nightclub in St. Albans early Saturday morning. Police from the 113th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a shooting near Selover Road and Merrick Boulevard…
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Queens cop shooting: Person of interest apprehended in attack on rookie officer
Apr. 7, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki, Dean Moses and Meaghan McGoldrick
Queens detectives are questioning a person of interest in the shooting of a rookie police officer on Wednesday afternoon.
Queens police officer shot: Search continues for gunman as NYPD releases additional details
Apr. 6, 2023 By Dean Moses, Robert Pozarycki and Meaghan McGoldrick
Queens detectives continued their desperate search Thursday morning for the gunman who shot and wounded a rookie officer on Wednesday afternoon.
Maspeth man gunned down just steps from home early Sunday morning: NYPD
Apr. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry A Maspeth man was shot and killed just steps from his home on 65th Place near 53rd Drive early Sunday morning, according to the NYPD. Emanuel Pippis, 44, was walking past the Paraguayan Steakhouse in Maspeth, within the confines of the 104th Precinct, just before 4 a.m. when he…
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Cops eye three suspects in late-night shooting that left two Bronx men dead in Astoria
April 1, 2023 By Zach Gewelb Police are searching for three suspects sought in connection with a fatal shooting on Steinway Street in Astoria that left two Bronx men dead on Friday night. Authorities say that 22-year-old Xavier Roberts, of 191st Street, and 21-year-old Jaheim Hamilton, of 211th Street, were approached by the three suspects… Read more »
Police seek three in drive-by shooting of woman in a car near the Belt Parkway in Queens
Mar. 31, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police are searching for the three men who are allegedly behind the shooting of a 21-year-old woman who was in a car near the Belt Parkway in Queens on March 25. Authorities say that a woman was inside of a vehicle at the corner of Springfield Boulevard and South…
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