Gunman Faces Attempted Murder Charges After 2 NYPD Officers Shot In 12 Hours
Police say he was on a mission to kill. Fortunately, the officers are expected to be OK, but investigators say the bullets came very close to taking their lives.
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Police say he was on a mission to kill. Fortunately, the officers are expected to be OK, but investigators say the bullets came very close to taking their lives.
An officer and lieutenant were shot within 12 hours over the weekend in the Bronx, allegedly at the hands of the same suspect.
Two teachers came up with the idea and recruited some helping hands to decorate the walls with photos, maps, descriptions, and artwork.
Video shows a man with a bat wantonly smashes the glass, sending shards flying everywhere, including onto a little boy who was sitting in a chair right by the window.
Another NYPD officer has been shot, allegedly by the same suspect as from an ambush in the Bronx Saturday night that left two officers wounded.
Two apparently staged attacks targeting NYPD officers in the Bronx have police leaders demanding changes to protect officers in the line of fire.
A family member of the suspect accused of going on the weekend rampage against police officers in the city spoke to CBS2 on Sunday evening.
Video shows the moment a gunman fired on police before being captured in the NYPD 41st Precinct in the Bronx on Sunday morning.
The commotion was caught on camera around 7 p.m. on Jan. 29 at Osvaldo's Barbershop on West Kingsbridge Road.
Just before 8:30 p.m., a man approached the officers in the van and engaged them in conversation. The man then allegedly pulled out a gun.
Police were called about an assault in progress around 8:45 p.m. Friday on Valentine Avenue near East 187th Street.
The Gulf station on Boston Road was held up on August 23, September 26 and December 9 – all in the early morning hours around 6 a.m.
Police are on the hunt for a suspect wanted for a brazen broad daylight robbery. This as the NYPD announced overall crime is up in the city.
"Made from scratch. That's what it's all about for us," owner Betty Campbell-Adams told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
It happened near West 238 Street and Walden Avenue in the Kingsbridge section.
Police say the suspect broke a lock at the store's rear entrance to get inside.
The NYPD released a photo of the suspect wanted in at least two robberies in a parking lot in the Soundview section.
"It's our job. It's our lifeline. It's our tradition. I really couldn't imagine living without this place," owner Yuval Dekel told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
The victim was waiting to buy something with her cash out when the suspect walked in and snatched $20 right out of her hand.
The 46-year-old Democrat had started campaigning for the 2021 mayor's race, but now says he wants to spend more time with his family.
The officers were responding to a 911 call about shots being fired in Parkchester around 12:30 a.m.
At the time, it was the third police-involved shooting in the city that week.
It happened just before 8 p.m. on a stretch of Hughes Avenue near 179th Street in the Crotona section.
Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. says a building of this caliber hasn't been built in the borough in 75 years.
A 30-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were arrested.
