Man Killed, Woman Wounded In East Flatbush Shooting
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police Monday night were searching for the assailant who fired the shots that killed a man and wounded a woman in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. At 5:07 p.m. Monday, police responded...
View ArticlePolice: Officers Open Fire On Armed Teen
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Two police officers fatally shot a teenage boy who they say pointed a gun at them after they approached him on a Brooklyn street. Plainclothes officers from the Brooklyn...
View ArticleBottles Hurled, Drug Store Worker Injured In Disturbance Stemming From...
Updated at 1:07 a.m., March 12, 2013 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Angry Brooklyn residents threw bottles at police Monday night as they marched in protest of this past weekend’s deadly police shooting in...
View ArticleCrowd Protests For A Second Night In The Wake Of Brooklyn Police Shooting
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police were on alert in Brooklyn on Tuesday night for another round of violence stemming from a deadly officer-involved shooting. Just like on Monday night, crowds gathered to...
View ArticleThird Night Of Protests In Wake Of Brooklyn Police Shooting Result In Handful...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A relative of a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police last weekend in Brooklyn was arrested at a protest Wednesday evening. Several others were also arrested, as a...
View ArticleReport: Officers Who Killed Kimani Gray Have History Of Complaints Against Them
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Two police officers who shot and killed a 16-year-old boy on a street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn have a history of being sued for civil rights violations, according to a...
View ArticleKimani Gray’s Mother Seeks Answers From DA About Deadly Police Shooting
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The mother of Kimani Gray, the teenager who was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn earlier this month, met with prosecutors Tuesday in hopes of getting answers about the...
View ArticleFuneral Services Held For Kimani Gray, Teen Shot Dead By Police
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Funeral services were held Saturday for Kimani Gray, the Brooklyn teenager who was shot and killed by police earlier this month in an incident that has sparked heated protests....
View ArticleProtesters Take To The Streets Again Over Kimani Gray’s Death
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Protesters took to the streets Sunday — a day after the funeral for Kimani Gray, the 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn earlier this month. Community...
View ArticleOfficials: Multiple Pedestrians Injured By Car That Jumped Curb In Brooklyn
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Broken glass and debris littered the sidewalk in East Flatbush where a dozen people were reported injured after a car drove onto a sidewalk and struck a scaffolding on Saturday....
View ArticleMovie Brings Jackie Robinson’s Story To New Generation
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – With the movie “42” bringing the Jackie Robinson story to a new generation, fans young and old may be inspired to visit some of the places in Brooklyn connected to the...
View ArticlePolice: Off-Duty Cop Shoots Infant Son, Boyfriend And Herself In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – An off-duty NYPD cop shot her boyfriend, her 1-year-old son and then herself in an apparent double murder-suicide Monday morning in Brooklyn, police said. It happened in the...
View ArticleShooting At East Flatbush House Party Leaves 8 People Hospitalized
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – There was no word on a suspect Sunday evening, after a wild shooting injured eight people during a barbecue in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. As CBS 2’s Janelle Burrell reported,...
View ArticlePolice: Persons Of Interest Sought In Connection With Brooklyn House Party...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police are looking for two persons of interest in connection with a shooting at a house party in Brooklyn that left nine people injured. It happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday...
View ArticlePolice: Suspect Arrested In Brooklyn House Party Shooting
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a house party in Brooklyn that left nine people injured. Tyrone Brown, 24, was arrested Tuesday on attempted murder,...
View ArticleCops Seek Suspect In East Flatbush Robbery Pattern
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A mugger is targeting elderly victims in Brooklyn. He has struck 11 times in the past month, police said Thursday. Winston Peters said he was walking down the driveway of his...
View ArticleRobber Wanted In String Of Broad Daylight Robberies In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police on Sunday were searching for a robber who is wanted in 14 broad daylight robberies in Brooklyn – many of them targeting victims 65 or older. The robberies happened...
View ArticlePolice: 64-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting that left one man dead in Brooklyn. Officers responded to a call about a shooting on Erasmus Street near Nostrand Avenue in East...
View ArticlePolice Seek Answers In Murder Of Property Manager In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police were trying to solve a murder mystery in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, after a property manager was shot dead while out collecting rent. As CBS 2’s Lou Young reported, Paul...
View ArticlePolice Searching For Suspect Who Opened Fire At East Flatbush House Party
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Four people remained hospitalized after being shot at a house party in East Flatbush early Sunday morning. As CBS 2’s Janelle Burrell reported, shots rang out as the gathering...
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