A shooting in Fort Greene leaves a Bushwick woman in critical condition at Kings County Hospital
Category: <span>Crime</span>
Questions Linger After Elevator Death
Popular indie drummer Jerry Fuchs died after a harrowing fall down an elevator shaft early Sunday morning at a party in Williamsburg. Almost a week later, it is still unclear why no one was operating it.
Second Son’s Death Leaves Family Inconsolable
Lydia and Harry Blas, the parents of the brazenly slain Ramon Blas, are still struggling to come to terms with their loss, their second of this kind.
Aspiring Rapper Remembered at Wake
By Meredith Kennedy and Miranda Lin Several police officers stood guard in front of Grace Funeral Home in East New York on Wednesday afternoon as family and friends from the rap community wearing black t-shirts that read “RIP Mike Beck” gathered to pay their respects to 36-year-old artist Mike Becht, known as Mike Beck in...
US Settles with Detainees but Lawyer’s Work Continues
By Mara Zepeda Rachel Meeropol’s work is far from over. Two days after her clients, five Muslim plaintiffs held in a Brooklyn prison after 9/11, were awarded $1.26 million from the federal government, Meeropol is at work building a larger class action lawsuit. The Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents other prisoners rounded up in...
Aspiring Rapper Shot Dead Night Before Show
The night before rapper Mike Beck was scheduled to perform a Halloween show in Boston, he was shot to death on the corner of Logan Street and Belmont Avenue in East New York. Details of the Friday night shooting are still unclear.
‘Jayden, I’m sorry I couldn’t save you’
The time had come for Diana Tate to speak at her grandson Jayden’s funeral. She rose from her seat on the aisle at St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church and walked past his small white coffin.
Priest for Jayden Lenescar Ponders Innocence, Suffering
Father Andrew Struzzieri received a phone call this week from Mackenzy Lenescar, whose four-year-old son had been murdered on Oct. 23, allegedly at the hands of his mother and her companion. Would Father Andy, as he is known, conduct his son’s funeral?
Brownsville Holds a Vigil, and a Community Searches for Answers
Dozens of Brownsville residents gathered together in front of Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School last night to pay tribute to Malachi Cotton, who was gunned down in front of the school the day before.
Skaters Remember Fallen Friend
When up-and-coming inline skater Brian "Cozmik" Scott was murdered on Oct. 12, the skating world was rattled. His friends came together Sunday to skate in his memory and honor what he did so well.