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yahoo.com | Khristina Narizhnaya |Tina Moore
Family and friends of a beloved Harlem bodega owner and grandmother — fatally shot in a hail of bullets meant for someone else — marched to the site of her death Saturday, chanting “Say her name, Momma Zee” and remembering her as the “Mayor of Harlem.”About 30 marchers walked from 145th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard down to West 113th Street, placing a white wreath and lighting candles outside of Excenia Mette’s building before praying, singing and speaking with love about the victim.
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nypost.com | Georgett Roberts |Tina Moore
The number of juveniles shot in New York City has surged 15% percent so far this year over last, and has skyrocketed 114% compared to pre-pandemic 2018, according to NYPD data. The number of teen shooters declined by 5% this year so far over last, but rose a dramatic 70% since 2018. At this point in 2018, there were 14 juvenile shooting victims compared to 30 so far in 2025. There were 10 juvenile shooters compared to 17 in those years, respectively, the data shows.
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yahoo.com | Tina Moore |Georgia Worrell
A trio of teenage ruffians who attacked a retired NYPD lieutenant on the Upper East Side were brought to authorities by their parents after cops released their photos, police said. The teens, two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old, were marched to the 19th Precinct station house Friday by their families — apparently after the parents saw the surveillance photos of them, a police source said. “I guess they were embarrassed,” the source said.
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nypost.com | Georgia Worrell |Tina Moore
A career criminal with nearly 60 arrests on his rap sheet burglarized a Brooklyn wig shop and made off with $30,000 in pricey pieces — including some possibly meant for cancer patients, police sources said. Daron Ware, 52, allegedly hit the Hustle Wig shop on Dean Street in Crown Heights on the morning of March 4, cops said. Police detectives got surveillance video of a man entering the closed shop and walking out with a stuffed sack.
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yahoo.com | Georgia Worrell |Rich Calder |Tina Moore
Assaults are surging this year in the subway system — and critics fear it’s getting worse with overcrowding caused by congestion pricing. Felony assaults are up 9% so far this year, going from 168 to 183 over the same period last year, according to the NYPD data. And they’re up a staggering 55% over 2019, the data show. Of the felony assaults, 54 or about 30%, were against police officers, according to the NYPD.
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