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NY can enforce laws banning guns at ‘sensitive locations' for now, appeals court rules
The court also said the state can’t enforce part of the law that made it a crime to carry a concealed gun onto private property without the express consent of the owner — a restriction that would have kept firearms out of places like shops, supermarkets and restaurants unless the proprietor put a sign up saying guns were welcome.
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3 family members arrested in Queens gun bust, with more than 100 illegal firearms found
Three members of the same family were arrested and face hundreds of counts of gun trafficking after a major bust in Queens turned up more than 100 illegal firearms, including assault weapons, according to the district attorney.
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Teen faces judge in ghost gun operation at East Harlem day care
Police investigators say they discovered a ghost gun factory inside a New York City day care. News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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‘Help me, he has a gun!': Ring video captures apparent kidnapping in Florida
Ring video captured cries for help during what police are calling an attempted kidnapping in Miami Sunday morning.
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Man Killed Parents, 2 Others Before Maine Highway Shooting, Police Say
Authorities have shared new information on a pair of shootings Tuesday that left four people dead in Bowdoin, Maine, and three more hospitalized, one critically injured, on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth.
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Weapons Cache Found Submerged in Jamaica Bay
The NYPD is working to unravel the mystery after a concerned New Yorker tipped off police to the submerged cache. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.
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Tip from Fisherman Leads to Submerged Gun Cache Found in Jamaica Bay
Today’s catch of the day: Guns, and a lot of them. In a stunning find in the waters off Queens, a man who went fishing Tuesday morning found an arsenal of firearms hidden in Jamaica Bay. “I was walking by the bay. I was fishing and I saw a big metal box. I got close to it and I...
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Military Moves to Improve Mental Health Care and Cut Suicides, But Defers Action on Guns
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a number of improvements in access to mental health care to reduce suicides in the military, but held off on endorsing more controversial recommendations to restrict gun and ammunition purchases.
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Dozens of Guns, Pounds of Drugs Taken Off NYC Streets in Massive Bust
Dozens of guns and pounds of drugs are off Brooklyn streets after a big bust this morning. Marc Santia reports.
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Man Arrested at JFK Airport With Gun Parts Hidden Inside Peanut Butter Jars
A man trying to pass through security at one of New York’s airport found himself in a sticky situation this week. TSA officials said a Rhode Island man was arrested Thursday at John F. Kennedy International Airport after trying to pass through security with the parts to a semi-automatic handgun. Security officials discovered two jars of Jif peanut butter...
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3 Arrested in Gun Scare at JFK High School in Paterson
Starting Monday, everyone entering Kennedy High School will be subject to a security check following today’s incident which involved guns. Jen Maxfield reports.
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Gun Found During NJ High School Hallway Brawl; 3 Arrested Following Lockdown
School officials in a New Jersey district aren’t taking any chances after a gun scare forced a high school lockdown Friday and led to the arrests of two students. Starting Monday, everyone entering John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson will be subject to a security check. The change in safety protocol comes after a student allegedly brought a...
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Armed Home Invasion Investigated in NJ
Authorities are investigating an armed home invasion in New Jersey. Few details were immediately available about the home invasion on 28th Street in Fair Lawn, which happened in broad daylight — around 9 a.m. — Thursday, prosecutors in Bergen County say. Fair Lawn police officers responded to the home at that time for a report of an armed break-in. Three…