Man Killed, Woman Wounded In East Flatbush Shooting
Police Monday night were searching for the assailant who fired the shots that killed a man and wounded a woman in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
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Police Monday night were searching for the assailant who fired the shots that killed a man and wounded a woman in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
A man was killed late Sunday in an accident in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, right outside Kings County Hospital Center.
Police on Saturday were looking for the assailant who shot and killed a man in East Flatbush.
The accident happened just after 6 a.m. Monday at the corner of Utica and Church Avenues in East Flatbush.
A 23-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle in a hit-and-run early Saturday in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
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Smith, who was pregnant, was found stabbed to death in her East Flatbush home Saturday morning.
The victim, a 32-year-old man, was shot several times, police said. He was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
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A protest over a deadly police shooting in East Flatbush this week began at noon in Brooklyn on Saturday. 23-year-old Shantel Davis died after she was shot in the chest as she tried to drive off in a stolen car that police said she had crashed.
According to police, the woman was driving erratically and running red lights before she crashed the car into another vehicle. When the officers approached the car, the woman threw it in reverse and hit the gas, police said.
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Police say plainclothes officers were in the area on a routine patrol when they saw 30-year-old Jerry Benoit standing on the corner adjusting his waistband.
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Authorities said the suspect entered the woman's East Flatbush apartment through a fire escape and open window around 2 a.m. on August 18 and grabbed her buttocks.
An off-duty correction officer has shot and wounded a man who attacked him with a pipe outside a fast food restaurant in Brooklyn.
Candles were left on an East Flatbush sidewalk for Trevonne Winn, murdered on a spot far from home. Relatives said the 24-year-old from Red Hill, South Carolina, was in the area to visit his Aunt.
Three people are recovering from gunshot wounds as police continue to investigate a possible attempted robbery in Brooklyn on Saturday night.
Residents in Brooklyn are raising a stink – or maybe a squawk – over a quirky collector who lives on their street. His house is surrounded by countless bird cages they call an eyesore.
The police want the public's assistance in locating a black man in his late 20s, between 5-foot-9 and 5-11, with a medium build and short black hair, wanted in connection to a series of sexual assaults.
An Upper West Side family is hoping for a large turnout at a bone marrow drive for their nanny on Sunday morning in East Flatbush.
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