Investigators looking into fire at Brooklyn bar
Police said a man poured liquid on the floor and set it on fire before running away.
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Police said a man poured liquid on the floor and set it on fire before running away.
Police are searching for the person who started a fire that ripped through a bar in Brooklyn while customers were inside. Police say it was intentionally set and in bizarre fashion; CBS2's Cory James reports.
Police say two men entered the location and set liquor on fire.
The top section of the fence toppled over onto the child. She died from her injuries.
It's one of three opened in the last six months, all in communities of color hit hard by the pandemic.
Police said a 17-year-old girl was behind the counter when the suspect walked in with a gun in his waistband and demanded money.
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Police are searching for the suspect, who took off in a red Mercedes.
According to police, the victim, a 76-year-old man, told the suspect to stop honking his horn. Police say the suspect then got out of his white SUV and accosted the man.
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