New York City On Track For Record Low Number Of Murders, Shootings In 2013
According to officials, there have been 329 murders through Dec. 22, compared with 413 in 2012, a 20.3 percent decrease.
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According to officials, there have been 329 murders through Dec. 22, compared with 413 in 2012, a 20.3 percent decrease.
The sport-utility vehicle that the suspects used as a getaway vehicle in the deadly carjacking and shooting at the Short Hills Mall last weekend actually belonged to a suspect's mother, according to a published report.
A man was shot and killed early Sunday in the South Richmond Hill section of Queens.
Taquan Ward is accused of shooting an off-duty South Plainfield officer multiple times on Dec. 2.
The NYPD has asked the public for help in identifying three suspects wanted in connection with a non-fatal shooting that took place in the Bronx.
The incident happened at around 3 p.m. on Mother Gaston Boulevard, police said.
A 9-year-old boy was shot and wounded in the Bronx Wednesday afternoon.
A man and woman were killed Wednesday afternoon at a West New York, N.J. nail salon, according to a published report.
Services for Dustin Friedland, 30, were held Wednesday at Beth Am Shalom in Lakewood.
Services for Dustin Friedland, 30, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Beth Am Shalom in Lakewood.
Prosecutors identified the victim Monday as 30-year-old Dustin Friedland from Hoboken.
Police on Monday were investigating a shooting that left a man dead and a woman wounded in Newark.
Police are responding to reports of a shooting at Short Hills Mall.
The NYPD has asked the public for help in tracking down a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred in Brooklyn.
The officer, identified only as a 23-year veteran of the force, tried to stop the suspect. But when Brent appeared to be reaching for a weapon, the officer fired one shot from his service weapon.
The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School sent a community and nation into mourning, provoked new security measures in schools and left the nation even more deeply divided over the issue of guns.
A man was shot and wounded by police in Brooklyn Saturday morning, after he allegedly struck an officer with a cane.
Dixon Rodriguez died Tuesday afternoon just steps from his Hall Avenue home. Police shot and killed the 32-year-old man after he allegedly tried to attack them.
Police shot and killed a man in Perth Amboy, N.J. Wednesday afternoon, after he allegedly attacked an officer with a knife.
A man was found beaten to death Wednesday in the Richmond Hill section of Queens.
A man was shot and killed in broad daylight Monday in an East Harlem public housing development.
Police on Sunday were asking the public to help them find three suspects in a shooting that wounded a man in Marble Hill.
An off-duty Essex County Sheriff's officer and a second person were wounded early Sunday in a shooting in Paterson, N.J.
Police on Saturday were seeking the assailant who shot and killed a man in Washington Heights.
Earlier this week, Contreras spoke with CBS 2 about the fear that he felt when he was shot. Upper East Side resident Fran Black saw the report and took action.
