NEW YORK – A gang member faces decades in prison for shooting an innocent teenager walking home after playing basketball in Brooklyn nearly six years ago, prosecutors say. Zidon Clarke, 23, of Flatbush, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison on first-degree manslaughter charges and an indeterminate term of seven to 21 years in … Read more
A 12-year-old boy was killed Thursday night in a shooting that also left a woman injured, police said. The 20-year-old woman, who was shot three times, was taken to an area hospital and is expected to recover. The boy died at the scene near Linden Boulevard and East 56th Street in Brooklyn. The uniformed officer … Read more
A 36-year-old man was shot in the head outside his home in Brooklyn early Wednesday morning and police are looking for a suspect. The victim, whom police identified as Modassar Khandaker, was shot after midnight on the 200 block of Forbell Street Cypress Hills. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced … Read more
A man armed with a knife was shot and killed by New York City police in Brooklyn early Monday morning. Authorities responded to a call around 4:20 a.m. about a man with a gun in 1090 Eastern Parkway. When they arrived, the officers confronted a suspect with a knife who attacked them and the police … Read more
NEW YORK – New York City Police are searching for a suspect in the shooting of a woman outside the scene of a baby shower Saturday night. Authorities say the shooting occurred just before midnight at an event hall in Atlantic Avenue in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn. The 25-year-old victim was shot four … Read more
NEW YORK – Four men were shot in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in a commercial area densely populated by stores, pharmacies and other businesses, authorities say. All of the men, three of whom were shot in the leg and one wounded in the hand, were taken to hospitals after the shooting around 10:30 a.m. … Read more
NEW YORK – Authorities are seeking three people for questioning in the case of the 16-year-old who was shot in the head while in a Brooklyn park on Friday, police said Monday. Kyla Sobers, 16, was shot in the head around 3:00 p.m. Friday when she was with friends in Boerum Hill Park after finishing … Read more
NEW YORK – A 16-year-old was killed in a shooting Monday in Brooklyn, police said, and apparently was not the target of the incident. Authorities said they responded to a 9-1-1 call in Miller Avenue and Along Avenue in East New York shortly after 1:30 p.m., where officers found a teenager shot in the head … Read more
NEW YORK – Police are searching for the suspected gunman who opened fire on a group of men during a game of dice in Brooklyn Tuesday night. According to authorities, the incident occurred in the 400 block of Mother Gaston Boulevard and apparently the driver of a black sedan stopped and began shooting at the … Read more
NEW YORK – Authorities are searching for three suspects in a shooting that left four people wounded early Saturday in Brooklyn, New York City Police announced. According to the police report, the three alleged gunmen unleashed the shooting, at around 12:30 am on Saturday, at the corner of the avenues Marcy Y Lexington in the … Read more