gun violence

Three people were found shot and injured Tuesday evening inside of a bodega located on Jerome Avenue and Mt. Eden Avenue in the Bronx. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

Police say the boy opened fire on two intruders, killing one, after they forced their way into a North Carolina apartment and demanded money, shooting his grandmother.

A brutal murder of a 68-year-old man in a quiet New York City neighborhood has left residents shaken and scared as authorities search for the killer. Police say Garry Henricksen’s neighbor found him unconscious in the bathroom of his Brooklyn brownstone on Tuesday. Someone had shot him multiple times in the head, stomach and lower body. Henricksen was immediately...

Police are searching for a suspect accused of shooting a 68-year-old victim in his Brooklyn brownstone. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Frantic body camera video released by police shows officers rush to save the life of a 2-year-old girl shot late Thursday night outside a Newark apartment complex. Police say the toddler was among several people shot on Cabinet Street around 11 p.m. The search continued into the weekend for the unidentified gunman. She was rushed to University Hospital and was…

Dramatic footage shows police racing to save a 2-year-old girl who was shot in Newark following what witnesses said was a minor fender-bender accident. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

An NYPD officer was shot in the lower back in the Bronx Tuesday night. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Police are looking for a man seen walking calmly down a Bronx sidewalk, a black assault rifle with a high capacity magazine attached swinging by his arm, authorities said Friday. The sighting came a day earlier around 3:30 p.m. on Webster Avenue. The man didn’t appear to point the gun at anyone, but the presence of the rifle alone...

Police say the man walking with a large assault rifle in the Bronx on Thursday caused fear to witnesses.

Homicides rose sharply across the country, in cities big and small, in 2020, NBC News reports.

A woman was gunned down Saturday afternoon in a Queens neighborhood and the suspect is still on the loose, authorities said over the weekend. New York City police officers and flashing lights filled 97th Street in the East Elmhurst section of the borough for hours after the woman was shot in the middle of the afternoon. Police say the 37-year-old…

A 37-year-old woman was gunned down Saturday afternoon in the East Elmhurst section of Queens. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

New York City is closing the books on its bloodiest year after a long time of being known as the safest big city in America

A group of gun violence victims in Brooklyn are teaching kids how to avoid going down the same path that left them wheelchair-bound. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories introduces us to the inspiring men behind Wheelchairs Against Guns and learns why they are choosing to use their second chance at life to help others.

Cops shot a man who ignored their orders and charged at them while reaching into his waistband — but did not ultimately have a gun — in a Brooklyn neighborhood Monday evening, according to police. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Chilling video shows the moments before a teenager was gunned down in front of a Bronx bodega, and the shooter was still on the loose. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Police are looking for three men involved in a shooting tied to a car stuck in snow in the Bronx earlier this week, authorities say. The chaos started when a 46-year-old resident of a building near East 167th and Tiffany streets heard a noise from outside and looked out his window, police say. It was around 1:15 a.m. Monday; he…

Part of the wild confrontation was captured on surveillance footage.

The gunman who opened fire on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral before being shot by police detailed his apparent attack plans in writing, claiming his goal was to take hostages — and never expected to return home. A senior law enforcement official told NBC New York that Luis Vasquez wrote in a note found in his pocket that he…

After a crime-ridden year, everyone needed a little holiday cheer and the NYPD heeded the call, Gaby Acevedo reports.