Police: Carjacker, Off-Duty Lieutenant Trade Shots In Brooklyn; Carjacker Killed
Police say an off-duty cop witnessed the driver of another car take off on foot after slamming his car into a divider and then a light pole near Jamaica Avenue.
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Police say an off-duty cop witnessed the driver of another car take off on foot after slamming his car into a divider and then a light pole near Jamaica Avenue.
Twenty-three-year-old Grant Franklin remained hospitalized Sunday. He faces four counts of attempted murder and several weapons charges.
Officers found 39-year-old Pellumb Fusha of 76 Highland Avenue with gunshot wounds to the torso.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office tips hotline at 1-877-847-7432.
A 25-year-old city man was shot multiple times in the upper body early Sunday.
Police have arrested 17-year-old Kijana Jenkins. They say Jenkins fired the shots that hit the 11-year-old in the Fordham Manor section of the borough around 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities said a man entered the pharmacy and announced a robbery, then exited with cash and drugs.
The suspect has not been identified, but an official says the suspect led state troopers and local officers in Newark and Summit on a chase in a car that had been reported carjacked at gunpoint.
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Officials said the man was combative and officers opened fire, shooting the man in the head.
NYPD officers from the 75th Precinct stood in solemn formation Tuesday and lowered the flag in front of Boyd Funeral home moments after bringing fellow officer Figoski's body there for a final salute.
Investigators said Officer Peter Figoski, 47, was shot in the face while responding to a break-in just before 2:30 a.m. Monday at an apartment on Pine Street in Cypress Hills.
The shootings occurred before 11 a.m. at 413 W. 16th St. in the Fulton Houses complex, according to authorities.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office says 19-year-old Malik Williams of Garfield was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following shots fired by both Garfield and Bergen County police.
A woman was found shot to death in a home in the Jamaica section of Queens on Saturday night, police said.
A woman was shot in the head at a Bronx night club and several others were also shot nearby on early Sunday morning, police said.
The suspect was pronounced dead Saturday evening. His identity is not being released until notification of next of kin.
The officer tried to arrest the 22-year-old man, and a scuffle ensued, police said. A round was discharged from the officer's gun and the suspect was shot in the torso.
After being in lockdown since about 12:37 p.m., law enforcement agencies have determined that there is no longer an active threat and that normal activities can resume.
Police want to talk to 21-year-old Victor Mendez about the shooting death of Terrance Drayton, 26, last Sunday in the Bronx.
Police have not yet confirmed the relationship between the victims. However, neighbors said the gunman was targeting his estranged wife, or girlfriend, fatally shooting her, another adult and a baby.
A 25-year-old woman has died after being shot in the head and torso Monday morning. Also shot and critically injured in their Queens home was the woman's 57-year-old mother.
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