The Latest
-
Wandering NYC 5-year-old leads cops to house full of little kids, no adult
The mother of a 5-year-old boy found wandering alone in the dark outside a Queens laundromat early one morning this week is in custody and expected to face charges of reckless endangerment and acting in a manner injurious to a child, according to law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the case. A worker at the laundromat noticed the boy…
-
‘Armed and dangerous' suspect in NYC couple torture killing arrested
The suspect wanted in the killing of a Queens couple and setting their home on fire has been caught after a days-long manhunt, the police commissioner announced Wednesday evening. “Jamel McGriff was taken into custody a short time ago by the NYPD. He was spotted in Midtown Manhattan by eagle-eyed cops who didn’t hesitate before jumping into action. Thank...
-
Disturbing details in case of NYC house torched after couple killed by career criminal: NYPD
Police are looking for a man who walked into a Queens home in the middle of the afternoon and set fire to it — with a 78-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man still inside, authorities say. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene on 254th Street in Bellerose after flames were doused Monday afternoon. Autopsies will be conducted to…
-
NYPD detective shot in Queens in apparent case of friendly fire, Adams says
The NYPD narcotics detective who sources say was shot twice when he and other officers happened upon a carjacking in Queens Friday may have been hit by friendly fire, Mayor Eric Adams said. “At this time, it appears it was a friendly fire incident,” Adams said during a press conference following the shooting. A call about the officer shot, near…
-
Should the Manhattan office shooter have had his concealed carry permit revoked?
As more information comes out about the man who shot and killed four people inside a midtown Manhattan office building before turning the gun on himself, there is a question of whether he should have been allowed to keep his concealed carry permit. Shane Tamura, 27, fatally shot three people in the lobby of the Park Avenue building that houses…
-
NYPD detectives search Nevada home of Park Avenue gunman. Here's what they found
The New York City Medical Examiner determined a cause and manner of death for the gunman who killed four people inside a midtown Manhattan office tower before turning the gun on himself. Shane Tamura died by suicide, with the cause of death being a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the torso, according to the medical examiner. The victims killed — NYPD…
-
Funeral plans released for NYPD officer killed in Manhattan office shooting
Familly, friends and colleagues are preparing to mourn the NYPD officer killed in this week’s Manhattan office attack at a funeral Thursday, less than two days after hundreds stood in salute as his casket received a dignified transfer to the mosque where he’ll be remembered. NYPD officer Didarul Islam, a 3 1/2-year veteran of the force, was working paid...
-
Who are NYC shooting victims? A Blackstone executive, a cop and new dad-to-be
Wesley LePatner, an executive at Blackstone, and NYPD officer Didarul Islam were two of the victims killed in a shooting Monday in Manhattan.
-
NYC office shooter targeted NFL offices, took wrong elevator bank, mayor says
The midtown shooting victims at 345 Park Ave include an NYPD officer and an NFL employee. Here’s the latest on the mass shooting investigation.
-
Multi-bus accident shuts down Port Authority bus terminal, 12 hurt
A dozen people were hurt after at least two two buses collided near Port Authority Bus Terminal Wednesday, snarling midtown Manhattan traffic at the height of the morning rush. Fire officials say they responded to a report of two coach buses colliding near West 41st Street around 6 a.m. One apparently rear-ended another on a fourth-level ramp. The Port Authority…
