Julian Roberts-Grmela

Police shot and wounded an armed man in the Bronx during a harrowing confrontation Sunday, cops said.

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Armed Bronx 911 caller shot by cop after attempted air conditioner heist

January 13, 2025 at 9:21 a.m.

An NYPD officer shot and wounded a 911 caller during an “extremely fast-moving” confrontation Sunday shortly after a man tried to swipe the caller's air conditioner, police said.

Suspect Waldo Mejia's neighbor was afraid to leave home without first checking their Ring doorbell to make sure Mejia wasn't around.

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SEE IT: Bronx man accused of fatally stabbing boy, 14, knifes neighbor’s Ring doorbell

January 12, 2025 at 6:09 p.m.

Suspect Waldo Mejia's neighbor was afraid to leave home without first checking their Ring doorbell to make sure Mejia wasn't around.

The residents — including 57 children — were burned out of their homes and seven people were injured as a massive five-alarm blaze buffeted by icy winds tore through the top of the six-story structure early Friday, FDNY officials said.

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More than 250 residents displaced from homes as massive fire tears through Bronx apartment building

January 10, 2025 at 7:21 p.m.

The residents — including 57 children — were burned out of their homes and seven people were injured as a massive five-alarm blaze buffeted by icy winds tore through the...

A bullet hole is seen in a lobby window after a fatal shooting at a Coney Island apartment complex early Sunday.

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Man, 41, shot to death at Coney Island apartment complex

January 5, 2025 at 8:20 p.m.

A 41-year-old man was shot dead at a Coney Island apartment complex early Sunday, cops said. Police responded to Neptune Ave. at W. 33rd St. in Brooklyn just before 7:20...

A Brooklyn man known for creating a makeshift aquarium under a leaking fire hydrant on a Bedford-Stuyvesant sidewalk was sentenced Friday for a 2023 shooting that took place just steps from where visitors would later delight in the school of goldfish.

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Founder of Brooklyn street aquarium sentenced to 12 years for 2023 shooting

January 3, 2025 at 6:10 p.m.

A Brooklyn man known for creating a makeshift aquarium under a leaking fire hydrant on a Bedford-Stuyvesant sidewalk was sentenced Friday for a 2023 shooting that took place just steps...

A memorial for slain USPS worker Ray Hodges is set up in front of his Bronx home Friday.

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Bronx neighbors mourn ‘honorable’ postal worker stabbed in fight over spot in deli sandwich line

January 3, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.

A U.S. Postal Service worker knifed to death during a senseless fight over a spot on a sandwich line in a Harlem deli was remembered Friday as an "honorable" father...

The shooting of 10 young people outside a Queens nightclub happened during a "celebration of life" for a teen shot to death three months ago, said cops investigating a possible connection to the nightclub bloodshed and the October murder.

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NYPD probing gang connection in shooting of 10 people outside Queens club holding memorial for slain teen

January 2, 2025 at 8:26 p.m.

The shooting of 10 young people outside a Queens nightclub happened during a "celebration of life" for a teen shot to death three months ago, said cops investigating a possible...