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16-year-old boy fatally shot near Brooklyn apartment building: cops

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Brooklyn slasher’s fiery rampage: Suspect sought for attacking three residents in unprovoked attacks, sources say

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Woman stabbed to death outside Bronx bar and lounge: cops

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Brooklyn triple shooting near hospital leaves man and two teens wounded: cops

An NYPD officer stands behind police tape in the parking lot of a NYCHA complex in East Williamsburg on Oct. 23, after a 39-year-old man was shot in the head and critically injured.

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Man shot in the head and critically injured in Brooklyn, police say

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Pardoned Capitol rioter charged for threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

By Shea Vance

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New York state retires ‘EDP’ term, adopts compassionate language for people experiencing a mental health crisis

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Brooklyn body mystery: Person of interest fought cops after arrest for rotting corpse in trash

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Deadly Brooklyn shooting: Person of interest questioned after man shot dead in apartment building lobby

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Brooklyn murder mystery: Cops seek killer who chopped man’s body up and left it in garbage bin

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Driver who hit three pedestrians in Coney Island, killing one, had been struck by second vehicle: NYPD

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Coney Island man sentenced to prison for 2019 murder of construction worker

By Gabriele Holtermann

Mayor Adams and NYPD brass speak about formation of new domestic violence unit

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NYPD makes major investment in battling domestic violence, assigning 450 cops to specialized unit

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88th Precinct: Thief attacks teen, steals phone

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Driver backs onto Coney Island sidewalk, killing one woman and injuring two others

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Dean Moses

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Man who confessed to Crown Heights killing may not be charged, sources say, as investigation unfolds

By Dean Moses

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84th Precinct: Alleged thieves arrested after swiping cab driver’s phone

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Partial building collapse traps two firefighters during East New York house fire

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

Police released this photo of the alleged suspect in the Brooklyn assault

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Man sought after assaulting 65-year-old during dispute in Brooklyn, police say

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Brooklyn pol intros bill requiring Parks Department to report on patrol staffing, safety

By Gabriele Holtermann

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