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Man, 59, dies after head bashed in inside Bronx Safe Haven apartment building

Mar 5, 2025 | nydailynews.com | Barry Paddock

A 59-year-old man died after his head was bashed in inside a Bronx Safe Haven apartment building early Wednesday, police said. The victim was rushed to Lincoln Hospital, where he died, after falling unconscious in the building on E. 146th St. near Third Ave. in Mott Haven just after midnight. He had suffered trauma to his head and face, cops said.
Boy, 15, shoots man to death outside Bronx Criminal Court

Nov 28, 2024 | yahoo.com | Nicholas Williams |Barry Paddock

A 15-year-old boy shot a man to death outside Bronx Criminal Court — and is now facing murder charges inside the same courthouse, police said Thursday. Cops on patrol saw the boy shoot multiple times at a 29-year-old man near E. 161 St. and Morris Ave. —right outside the courthouse in the South Bronx — abut 2:40 p.m. Wednesday, NYPD officials said. The officers chased the shooter half a mile to E. 156 St. and Courtlandt Ave. and arrested him.
High unlicensed SUV driver charged with vehicular manslaughter for Brooklyn bicyclist death: NYPD

Sep 2, 2024 | nydailynews.com | John Annese |Barry Paddock

A Brooklyn SUV driver who fatally struck a bicyclist has been charged with vehicular manslaughter for being high and unlicensed when he crashed, police said Monday. Can Nomer was driving north on Union Ave. in Williamsburg when he struck the 46-year-old cyclist pedaling in the same direction about 11:30 a.m. Sunday, according to cops.
Man, 63, fatally struck by SUV driver at busy Brooklyn intersection

Sep 2, 2024 | nydailynews.com | Barry Paddock

A 63-year-old man was fatally struck by an SUV driver at a busy Brooklyn intersection, police said Monday. The victim was standing on Broadway at Myrtle Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant when he was hit by the driver of a Chevrolet Suburban about 10:15 a.m. Sunday, cops said. The driver was heading east on Broadway and had the green light, according to police. Medics rushed the victim to Woodhull Hospital, where he later died. HIs name was not immediately released.
Two men stabbed, one fatally, inside Bronx laundromat

Aug 8, 2024 | nydailynews.com | Barry Paddock

Two men were stabbed, one fatally, inside a Bronx laundromat early Thursday, cops said. A 47-year old man was knifed in the back and a man cops are still working to identify was stabbed in the legs and torso inside the 24-hour 303 Laundromat about 2:40 a.m., cops said. Medics rushed both men from the laundromat on on E. 170th St. near College Ave. to Lincoln Hospital, where the unidentified man died. The other man was in stable condition. No arrests have been made.
Pair of Brooklyn shootings 7 minutes and 2 blocks apart leaves 2 dead, 1 critical

Jul 22, 2024 | nydailynews.com | Barry Paddock |Rocco Parascandola

A pair of Brooklyn shootings seven minutes and two blocks apart left two men dead and a third clinging to life, police said Monday. The explosion of violence began with a man shot in the chest near Flushing Ave. and Steuben St. in Clinton Hill at 10:51 p.m. Sunday. Medics rushed the victim, believed to be in his 30s, to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital but he couldn’t be saved. The victim wasn’t carrying ID and cops were working to identify him Monday.
Among promoted officers Friday, a family bond and decades of service

May 31, 2024 | nydailynews.com | Barry Paddock |Rocco Parascandola |Liam Quigley

Among those promoted Friday at the NYPD Police Academy in College Point, Queens were two cops with ties to the department that go beyond the badge. Officer Gina Buscemi, who will next month mark her decade milestone with the department, was promoted to sergeant. On hand was her father, James Buscemi, who served nearly 34 years with the NYPD and was a sergeant with the elite Emergency Service Unit until 2017.
Hit-and-run box truck driver kills motorist in Queens expressway crash

Apr 1, 2024 | nydailynews.com | Barry Paddock

A hit-and-run box truck driver fatally struck a 68-year-old motorist parked on the shoulder of a Queens expressway just outside Kennedy Airport, cops said Monday. The box truck driver was headed east on the Nassau Expressway when he crashed into a Honda CR-V near the JFK Expressway about 1:15 p.m. Sunday, cops said. Medics rushed U Fo Ng, the 68-driver of the CR-V, to Jamaica Hospital, where he later died, police said. Ng lived on the Lower East Side, according to cops.
Two men shot, one fatally, on Bronx street near where boy, 2, wounded by stray bullet

Mar 31, 2024 | nydailynews.com | Barry Paddock

Two men were shot, one fatally, on a Bronx street four blocks from where a 2-year-old boy was wounded by a stray bullet just hours earlier, police said Sunday. Shots rang out near E. 187 St. and Tiebout Ave. in Fordham about 8:50 p.m. Saturday, cops said. A 25-year-old man was shot in the chest and a 23-year-old man was blasted in the stomach and buttocks. Both were rushed to a local hospital, where the older man died. His name was not immediately released. The younger man was in stable condition.
Man, 47, fatally shot in front of Bronx apartment building

Mar 17, 2024 | nydailynews.com | Barry Paddock

A 47-year-old man was fatally shot in front of a Bronx apartment building, police said Sunday. The victim was shot multiple times all over his body on Morris Ave. near E. 183rd St. in Fordham about 9:40 p.m. Saturday, cops said. Medics rushed him to St. Barnabas Hospital but he couldn’t be saved. His name was not immediately released. No arrests have been made.