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2 men found dead inside Brooklyn apartment after suspicious fire
Flames ripped through a unit in a four-story building in Brooklyn, leaving the neighborhood surrounded in smoke. Inside the second floor apartment, detectives said two men were found with injuries that point to a homicide. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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2 men found dead after Brooklyn apartment fire were killed before blaze: Sources
An investigation is underway after two bodies were pulled from an apartment following a raging fire in Brooklyn, and police sources said the men were killed before the blaze even broke out. Firefighters were called to the scene on Bay 29th Street, between Bath and Benson avenues in Bath Beach shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday. Cellphone video captured screaming as…
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2 found dead after Brooklyn apartment fire
Tracie Strahan reports.
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NYPD investigates death of toddler found in Brooklyn bathtub: Sources
Authorities are investigating what they describe to be the “suspicious” death of a toddler in Brooklyn, who police sources said was found dead in a bathtub. According to the NYPD, officers responding to a New York Avenue home in East Flatbush shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday found the 3-year-old boy unconscious and unresponsive face down in the tub. He had…
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Man dies after disagreement with tow truck driver in Brooklyn
An argument between the 61-year-old and tow truck driver turned deadly on Saturday. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.
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Twin sisters stabbed, 1 killed in Brooklyn bodega
Witnesses said the young women had rejected the man’s advances, prompting a deadly outburst minutes later. News 4’s Ida Siegal reports.
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Tow truck driver delivers fatal punch in Brooklyn parking spot dispute: NYPD
A parking dispute between two men in Brooklyn turned deadly Saturday when police said one of the men took a swing at the other. The fatal strike happened on Clarkson Avenue in East Flatbush after a 30-year-old tow truck driver arrived around 8:45 p.m. to remove a car parked illegally, according to police. Police said the owner of the car,…
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Twin sisters stabbed, 1 fatally, in NYC deli after refusing man's advances: witness
A young woman died and a second was hospitalized after a stabbing inside a Brooklyn deli over the weekend, according to police and witnesses. The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday in Park Slope on the corner of Saint Marks Place and 4th Avenue. A witness said it started when a man made a move on the two young women…
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Woman killed in Park Slope deli double stabbing
A witness said the incident started when the suspect allegedly made a move on two women.
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DA won't prosecute man who disarmed, shot rider on Brooklyn train
The Brooklyn district attorney’s office will not prosecute a subway rider who disarmed and shot a 36-year-old after an argument aboard a train at the start of the evening rush a day ago, a spokesperson said Friday. News 4’s Andrew Siff reports.
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First Black woman CEO of Brooklyn charter schools sets example for girls and all students
A set of Brooklyn charter schools is bucking the trend with what it calls intentional diversity, from the top down. Tresha Ward, the first black female CEO of Prospect Schools is on a mission to make sure all students have a life of opportunity. Gilma Avalos reports.
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DA won't prosecute rider who disarmed, shot man on Brooklyn subway
The Brooklyn district attorney’s office will not prosecute a subway rider who disarmed and shot a 36-year-old fare-beater after an argument aboard a train at the start of the evening rush a day ago, a spokesperson said Friday. “Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsetting,” spokesman Oren Yaniv said in a statement. “The investigation...
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Subway rider disarms, shoots fare beater after rush-hour fight on Brooklyn train: officials
A subway rider disarmed and shot a fare beater who started a fight after boarding a train in Brooklyn at the start of the evening rush a day ago, investigators said Friday, citing newly obtained evidence they say informed the narrative. According to investigators, a 36-year-old man walked through an emergency exit at Nostrand Avenue without paying and got on…
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Man shot in the head at a subway station in Brooklyn
A man was shot in the head on the northbound platform of the G train in Brooklyn, according to police.
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Brooklyn man sentenced for drugging, sexually assaulting teen girls at his apartment
A 40-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to decades behind bars for sexually assaulting two teen girls he drugged in his apartment — crimes that were captured on surveillance video, the local district attorney’s office announced.
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Ebbets Field suspect rejects plea deal in nightmare neighbor case
In a chaotic court hearing in Brooklyn, the man accused of racist rants and threatening to kill his black neighbors rejected two plea deals today and cursed at the judge. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.
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‘Our dad didn't make it:' NYC sucker-punch victim dies after nearly 7 years in coma
Domingo Tapia has died, nearly seven years after he was attacked while riding his bike on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street.
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NYC sucker-punch victims dies after nearly 7 years in coma
Nearly seven years after he was sucker-punched by a stranger on a New York City street, a beloved father and husband has died. Checkey Beckford reports.
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Brooklyn ‘Bling Bishop' found guilty of wire fraud, extortion
A Brooklyn preacher known for his flashy lifestyle and who boasted of his friendship with New York City’s mayor was found guilty in federal court Monday of wire fraud, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.
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Brooklyn preacher known for flashy lifestyle convicted of wire fraud, attempted extortion
A Brooklyn preacher known for his flashy lifestyle and who boasted of his friendship with New York City’s mayor was found guilty in federal court Monday of wire fraud, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI.