Keber Martínez was charged this week on suspicion of shooting patient Rubén Pérez inside the emergency room. full of people del Jacobi Medical Center, at the end of January. The extreme act of armed violence was caught on video by a security camera on the night of January 25, and Martínez was arrested shortly after. … Read more
Glenn Hirsch was arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting delivery man Zhiwen Yan, in an apparent dispute over a Chinese food order in Queens (NYC). Hirsch reportedly had a grudge over a dispute months ago over a shortage of duck sauce in a Chinese food order he placed at the “Great Wall” restaurant where Yan … Read more
In New York there are about 60 ATF agents. Foto: Win McNamee / Getty Images – Armed violence has become a national crisis that must be addressed with effective measures such as gun law reform. This was stated by Mayor Eric Adams during his participation on Tuesday in a morning program. This crisis forces us … Read more
Kathy Hochul: Lieutenant Governor in August 2021. Foto: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images – Despite the fact that she has maintained an anti-gun message since she became governor in August, Kathy Hochul accepted money from the controversial National Rifle Association (NRA) when she was a congressman for New York at the National Capitol, recalled … Read more
An 80-year-old woman was hit by an apparent stray bullet that entered her home in Queens (NYC) last night, at the end of the “Memorial Day” holiday. The elderly woman was sitting in a chair inside the house on 128th Street near 107th Avenue in the neighborhood South Ozone Park around 11:30 p.m. yesterday, when … Read more
Brownsville, Brooklyn, NYC. Photo: Mariela Lombard / The NY Journal – Waleek Watford, a 31-year-old man with an extensive criminal history, was killed in a brutal attack that included multiple shootings and stabbings outside a NYCHA housing complex in Brooklyn. Police responding to a 911 call at “Langston Hughes Houses” on Sutter Av. near Rockaway … Read more
Weapons seized from gang members. Photo: Bronx District Attorney’s Office / Courtesy – Twenty-three suspected gang members were charged Tuesday after shooting “salvage” shots at rivals during a Bronx turf war and bragging about gun violence in rap songs, authorities announced. “These defendants allegedly engaged in gun violence, committing six shooting, one who injured a … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams displaying “ghost guns” at NYPD headquarters, May 2022. Photo: Fernando Martínez / Impremedia – René Loyola, a young resident of Brooklyn (NYC), was arrested with an arsenal of parts to make “ghost guns” valued at $20,000, including almost 300 high-capacity magazines that he allegedly bought online, authorities announced today. Loyola, 25, was … Read more
Kaitlin Armstrong, wanted suspect. Photo: US Marshals / Courtesy – Kaitlin Armstrong is being wanted on suspicion of killing professional cyclist Moriah Wilson in Austin, Texas. According to police, Armstrong fled to New York just three days after the crime on May 11, the US Marshals said yesterday. The 25 year old victim whose full … Read more
Crime scene, NYPD. Photo: Andrés Correa Guatarasma / Courtesy – Four men were shot to death in a violent period of just six hours yesterday in Brooklyn and Queens. The tragic streak began in broad daylight around 4 pm when Rasard Deas, 22, was fatally shot in the chest outside the First Cook Chinese restaurant … Read more