CRIME & SAFETY
1 dead, 3 others hurt after bullets fly at NYC baby shower: NYPD
It was a bloody night in the Big Apple, where one person was killed and six others hurt in three shootings over a span of 45 minutes, police said. Four men were shot — one fatally — at a baby shower around 1:30 a.m. at 108-11 Atlantic Ave. in Richmond Hill, Queens Saturday, authorities said. Police said a 24-year-old man was mortally wounded in the chest, while another man, 45, was shot once in the left leg and a third victim, 26, was struck in the right arm. Gunman leads cops on wild high-speed chase then survives suicide attempt on California highway The...
Bomb threat emailed to nearly two dozen Jewish sites in NYC as disturbing text revealed: sources
Authorities are investigating a disturbing bomb threat emailed to more than two dozen synagogues and Jewish institutions in the Big Apple — and to temples upstate and on Long Island. “Hello, if you see this email just have notice of a bomb I have set inside of your. building,”...
Three NYC synagogues targeted with false bomb threats: police
Three New York City synagogues and The Brooklyn Museum received false bomb threats on Saturday, according to police. The Upper West Side’s Congregation Rodeph Sholom, located at 7 W. 83rd Street near Central Park, was evacuated after police received a report of a bomb threat around 3:15 p.m. Police confirmed that the threat was unfounded. Another threat — which was also determined to be false — was reported at the progressive, LGBTQ-friendly Congregation Beit Simchat Torah at 130 W. 30th Street. Nobody was inside that synagogue at the time and the threat was also determined to be false, police said. Bomb threat emailed to nearly two dozen Jewish sites...
Video shows NYPD officers fatally shoot man in front of his family
NEW YORK -- Newly released body camera footage shows the moments NYPD officers shot and killed 19-year-old Queens resident Win Rozario in March. His loved ones say police killed him in cold blood; the NYPD says officers had no choice.Body cam video shows deadly NYPD shootingIn the video, Win Rozario's younger brother is seen outside the family's Ozone Park home, talking to two NYPD officers after Rozario called 911 on March 27."Um, he's having an episode," Rozario's brother says."What kind of episode?" one officer asks."He a bipolar, schizo, like...?" the other officer asks.The officers ask the brother who had called...
Department of Corrections yanks all 3,000 body cameras after one ignites injuring officer
All 3,000 city Department of Correction body-worn cameras were yanked Saturday — a day after an officer at the Rikers Island correctional facility was injured when hers ignited, The Post has learned. The captain’s body camera caught on fire Friday, prompting unions to ask for a full safety review, officials said. “They’re going to pull them,” Patrick Ferraiuolo, president of the Correction Captains’ Association, said. “They’re not going to be returned to staff until we’re sure they’re OK.” Earlier reports indicated the officer was burned by the camera fire but officials later said she suffered smoke inhalation, he said. Rikers Island CO...
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