Vigil Held For Bystander Killed In Crossfire While Playing Handball At Brooklyn Park
Dozens of family and friends lit candles and left heartfelt messages at Lincoln Terrace Park in Crown Heights.
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Dozens of family and friends lit candles and left heartfelt messages at Lincoln Terrace Park in Crown Heights.
Police said Christopher Ross, 53, was on the handball court at Lincoln Terrace Park in Crown Heights when he was shot in the head and died.
Jahiem Guinn was found fatally shot in front of Weeksville Houses in Crown Heights on July 24.
Separate investigations are underway Saturday morning after two people were shot and killed on another night of gun violence in New York City.
It happened around 5:30 p.m. Friday near President Street and Rogers Avenue in Crown Heights.
Six people were shot early Wednesday morning near the corner of President Street and Franklin Avenue.
Police said a large crowd was gathered outside an apartment building by the corner of President Street and Franklin Avenue around 2:15 a.m.
Residents in one Brooklyn community are saying enough is enough when it comes to the troubling increase in shootings.
Witnesses said the victim was getting dropped off by a ride-share when he was shot. He then tried to run and was shot again.
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The NYPD said officers shot an armed man while responding to a call of shots fired in Crown Heights.
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Tyquan Howard, 16, was found in front of 1550 Sterling Place in Crown Heights just after 1 p.m. with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
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"Her spirit is broken, she don't want to even come outside," the victim's grandmother said.
Police said the suspects chased the victim, jumped on top of her and then punched and kicked her several times.
The man was spotted on the roof of 19 Rogers Avenue in Crown Heights Tuesday morning.
A bystander eventually got between the feuding pair, while a child in a stroller was seen dangerously close to the scuffle.
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It's now known as Crown Heights, Brooklyn, but more than 180 years ago Weeksville was a thriving community of free black people, one of America's first.
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The victim was punched in the face around 11:15 p.m. last Thursday near Kingston Avenue and Saint John's Place in Crown Heights.
The incident happened near Kingston Avenue and Saint John's Place. Investigators said the suspect hit the man in the face with a closed fist and then ran away.
They're working in shifts -- some for one hour, some for 10 hours -- to make a difference.
A group of about 100 students started the day with a march for love not hate, then they got a tour of the Jewish Children's Museum in Crown Heights.
