A verbal argument outside the Marlboro Houses in Coney Island turned violent on April 14 when someone pulled a gun and shot a 23-year-old woman in the left arm in front of 2249 Stillwell Avenue, according to police. Investigators say the suspected shooter has not yet been identified, and officers are asking neighbors to share any video or information that could help crack the case.
Investigators say the pattern, which mostly targeted older residents and a few neighborhood businesses, unfolded between late December and early February. No arrests have been made so far, and the probe is still very much active, according to authorities.
Police are looking for two men in connection with a shooting on Boston Road in the Morrisania section of the Bronx on Monday evening. Authorities said the incident occurred in front of 1272 Boston Road at about 5:05 p.m., when one individual handed a firearm to another, who then fired multiple shots, striking an unoccupied vehicle. The two men fled north on Boston Road. No injuries were reported.
A 13-year-old girl was reportedly groped on a Q48 MTA bus in Queens last Friday at approximately 4:18 p.m., while the bus was traveling near Parsons Boulevard and Union Turnpike. Police said the suspect, described in a wanted bulletin as an unidentified male, exited the bus at that intersection and fled on foot. Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact authorities.
Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for four suspects who stole thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise from the Sunglass Hut inside the Queens Center Mall. The four unidentified individuals entered the shop at the mall, located at at 90-15 Queens Blvd., just after 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30. Once inside they removed approximately $30,000 worth of merchandise and fled the store in an unknown direction.
Kianna Underwood, a former Nickelodeon child actress, has been identified as the woman killed in a hit-and-run early Friday morning in New York City. The NYPD confirmed Underwood's death Saturday, adding the 33-year-old was struck by two drivers in Brownsville, Brooklyn, after attempting to cross the street without the right of way. Underwood's IMDb page says she appeared in episodes of "All That" and "Little Bill" from 1999-2005. Police said they were still looking for the drivers involved in the fatality and had not yet made any arrests.
Police are asking the public to look out for a teenage mother who went missing from a Brooklyn shelter Monday night with her infant son. NYPD officials said 17-year-old Kristina Ortiz left a residential program for young parents on Dean Street near Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights with her 2-month-old son, Colin Ortiz, around 11:30 p.m. She was wearing a black jacket with gray pants, while he was wearing a beige onesie, according to police.
A burglar broke into 2 Brooklyn businesses. Police say the first incident happened on Sept. 21 at just before 10 p.m. The thief entered the building of a Planet Fitness on 86th Street on Bensonhurst through the roof. They stole $450 from the register and escaped back through the roof. Then a few hours later, at 1 a.m., they broke through the door of a business on 86th Street in Bay Ridge.
