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NYU administrator sucker-punched in broad daylight near campus
New York University sent out an alert warning students and faculty to be on the lookout after an administrator was punched in the face near campus in broad daylight, the latest random attack to plague Manhattan. The 27-year-old administrator was walking near Washington Square Park North around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when a stranger approached her on the sidewalk and punched…
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NYU administrator sucker-punched near campus
Romney Smith reports on random attacks on women in Manhattan.
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Verbal dispute ends with 1 person shot in Queens: NYPD
Police are asking for help in finding an individual they say shot another person following an argument in Queens on Friday. According to the NYPD, at around 5:20 p.m. on 243 Street, in the Rosedale neighborhood, the alleged shooter and a 49-year-old individual had a verbal dispute which lead to the 49-year-old being shot in the arm. As the victim…
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Search for man who punched woman in Union Square
Seemingly random attacks on women in Manhattan have the community on edge. Now we’re learning of another punch. Romney Smith reports.
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6th woman sucker-punched in broad daylight in Manhattan
Authorities are looking for yet another man who randomly punched a woman in the face in Manhattan, this time in Union Square, as the hunt others in a string of similar unprovoked attacks in recent weeks. This case, which was reported by police Thursday but happened March 20, marks at least the sixth such attack since that date. Earlier this…
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Man wanted for punching woman in face in Manhattan
NYPD is searching for a man who allegedly punched a woman in the face in Manhattan. This is the latest instance of a disturbing trend of random street attacks on women. Gaby Acevedo reports.
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Woman punched in Chelsea amid series of Manhattan attacks
Authorities are looking for a man who randomly punched a woman in the face in Manhattan’s Chelsea, the latest in a string of reported unprovoked attacks that have the borough on edge. This case, which was reported by police Tuesday but happened March 20, marks at least the fifth such attack in the last few weeks. The NYPD isn’t...
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Search for man who punched woman in West Village
The NYPD isn’t calling it a trend, but a number of recent attacks have raised concern. Romney Smith reports.
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Police searching for shooter who killed customer during botched Bronx deli robbery
A Bronx deli customer was shot and killed while simply trying to buy a snack, an unintended target in a botched robbery. Police said the gunman is still on the run after the shooting early on Easter morning in East Tremont, and they have put out a photo of the man they want to talk to. NBC New York’s Gaby...
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Deli patron browsing chips shot dead in botched NYC robbery attempt
A Manhattan man trying to buy a snack is dead following an attempted deli robbery in the Bronx’s East Tremont neighborhood. According to the NYPD, the victim, who cops identified as Stefon Barnes, was in Gourmet Deli on East Tremont Avenue just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday when a stranger approached another man and reached for his pocket. Barnes and...
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Search for shooter in deadly Bronx robbery attempt
A man trying to buy a snack is dead following an attempted robbery in the Bronx’s East Tremont neighborhood. Romney Smith reports.
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Terrifying video shows man chase woman on NYC street after following her on subway
Terrifying surveillance footage shows a man chasing a woman down a New York City street after following her in and out of the subway and calling her “cute,” authorities say. According to the NYPD, the 48-year-old woman was on a northbound J train at the Cypress Hills station during a Tuesday morning rush hour earlier this month when the man…
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Video shows woman chased at NYC subway station
Disturbing surveillance footage shows a man chasing a woman at a subway station in Brooklyn.
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Man indicted in unprovoked Midtown burning attacks
A 42-year-old man has been indicted for allegedly pouring scalding hot liquid on four separate people within two hours earlier this month in midtown Manhattan, the district attorney’s office announced Thursday. Larry Martin is charged with four counts of second-degree assault and four counts of first-degree attempt to commit the crime of assault in the series of March 6 attacks…
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3 die in 2 NYC shootings within 20 minutes
Three people were killed, including a 17-year-old boy, within 20 minutes in separate Manhattan and Brooklyn shootings, authorities say. In the first case, cops responding to a call of a shooting near East 128th Street and Lexington Avenue in Harlem around 7:30 p.m. Sunday found an 18-year-old woman shot in the head and back, and a 25-year-old man shot in…
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Alleged twin sister killer turns himself in to Brooklyn cops for deadly deli stabbing
Police have the man in custody allegedly behind a deadly Brooklyn deli stabbing that took the life of a 19-year-old who rejected his advances and hurt her twin last weekend. Sources say 20-year-old Veo Kelly surrendered to police Friday morning, a day after his attorney indicated to police the man planned to end a nearly weeklong manhunt. Cops had been…
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Police kill man shooting at people in East Flatbush
A 20-year-old man with no criminal record was shot to death by NYPD officers who came upon him chasing two people while firing multiple gunshots in Brooklyn, authorities say.
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Cops kill NYC gunman seen chasing man, woman on street
A 20-year-old man with no criminal record was shot to death by NYPD officers who came upon him chasing two people while firing multiple gunshots in Brooklyn, authorities say. Cops received multiple calls about a man with a firearm near East 57th Street and Linden Boulevard in East Flatbush just before 6 p.m. Monday. Four officers in an unmarked car…
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One sister killed, another injured in Brooklyn bodega stabbing
Police are trying to track down the man who stabbed twin sisters inside a Brooklyn bodega. The man allegedly attacked the sisters after they rejected his advances, killing one of them. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Manhattan woman raped by man who broke into her apartment, police say
The NYPD is looking for a 32-year-old man they allege forced his way into a woman’s Manhattan apartment over the weekend and raped her, authorities say. Investigators identified the suspect as Taylor Quamae, though didn’t immediately say how he was known to police. According to officials, Quamae allegedly broke into the victim’s East Harlem home shortly before dawn Sunday...