NYPD: Suspect in custody after brick thrown into LGBTQ bar in Hell's Kitchen
It happened Saturday night as people gathered inside the bar Vers on Ninth Avenue near West 49th Street.
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It happened Saturday night as people gathered inside the bar Vers on Ninth Avenue near West 49th Street.
Mayor Adams praised the arresting officers, but said he's worried about a copycat attack and ordered the NYPD to step up patrols at houses of worship.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital. It was not immediately clear if he was a target.
The 22-year-old suspect faces five murder charges and five charges of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, online records show.
Lights and sirens have become a frequent backdrop on Woodhaven Boulevard and 91st Avenue, where early Monday morning another crash led to serious injuries.
Police say the 54-year-old woman was trying to cross Woodhaven Boulevard at 91st Avenue when she was hit.
John Suthers says the shooting that left at least five dead "could have been exponentially more tragic" without that intervention in the gay nightclub in his city.
Christopher Brown and Matthew Mahrer were arrested at Penn Station late Friday night.
State police and the NYPD continue to monitor social media for any threats.
The purse reportedly contained the woman's cellphone, wallet and keys.
Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers said in a statement Sunday that "one or more patrons heroically intervened to subdue the suspect."
Police say the two men were arrested at Penn Station late Friday night.
Police and federal drug enforcement agents arrested a man and found another dead inside a first-floor apartment.
It happened around 3:30 a.m. Saturday on board a southbound 1 train near West 96th Street.
A home health attendant found the bodies of three women Friday morning at a home in Springfield Gardens.
