CRIME & SAFETY
Bloodied man walks into a Brooklyn hospital with gunshot wound, dies minutes later
Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Brooklyn detectives are investigating a deadly shooting on Wednesday afternoon in which the victim, while covered in blood, walked into a local hospital seeking medical help. Law enforcement sources said an...
Driver arrested for fatally striking 10-year-old girl in Brooklyn crosswalk
Investigators have arrested the driver who fatally struck a 10-year-old girl crossing a Brooklyn street, police said Wednesday. Isaac Karczag, 62, allegedly veered his silver Buick into an oncoming lane and was turning against the light when he slammed into little Yitty Wertzberger in a Williamsburg intersection about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday. He remained at the scene. Cops later charged him with ...
Rikers Island CO beaten unconscious by accused murderer who was ‘irate’ about locked cell: DA
An accused murderer locked up on Rikers Island beat a correction officer — leaving her with broken bones in her face — because he was “irate” that his cell door was locked, prosecutors alleged Thursday. Tymirh Bey-Foster, 21, was indicted on charges of second and third degree assault for the April 7 attack, which left the city Department of Correction staffer unconscious, and with fractures and a deep cut to her face that required stitches. “This type of brutal assault will not be tolerated,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement announcing the indictment. Bey-Foster — locked up on murder charges for...
Man charged with stabbing twin sisters, one fatally, to appear in Brooklyn court
PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A man accused of stabbing twin sisters, killing one of them, is due in court on Thursday. Veo Kelly, 20, was charged with murder, assault and weapons possession after allegedly stabbing 19-year-old Samyia Spain to death in Park Slope last month. Kelly approached Samyia Spain and her sister, Saniya Spain, […]
13-year-old charged in shooting of 11-year-old in Brooklyn, sources say
NEW YORK -- A 13-year-old Brooklyn girl is charged in the shooting of her younger brother, police sources tell CBS New York.It happened on April 8 inside an apartment building in Crown Heights.Sources say the two siblings had taken the day off school to watch the eclipse and were playing in a hallway with a group of kids when the 13-year-old left and returned with a .22-caliber handgun.According to sources, investigators believe the 13-year-old fired the gun accidentally, striking her brother in the right forearm.Sources say police believe the 13-year-old girl dropped the gun and ran away after the shooting.A neighbor...
Brooklyn man shot 3 years ago dies, gunman confessed to victim’s dad it was mistaken identity
A 24-year-old man paralyzed three years ago when he was shot sitting in a car in Brooklyn has now died — and the gunman confessed to the victim’s father it was all a case of mistaken identity. Romel Jules was sitting in the passenger seat of a Volkswagen Jetta at a traffic light just around the corner from his Crown Heights home when he was shot in the upper back at around 12:55 a.m. on April ...
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