The suspect's alleged crime spree began in Queens on March 13 at around 12:30 p.m. when he hit Chase Bank at 24-16 Queens Plaza South. Using a written note, he demanded money from a teller but cops said he got away with nothing. Just 30 minutes later, he tried again, police said. Torres walked into another Chase, located at 37-67 75 St. in Jackson Heights, passed a note to a teller demanding money and was able to snag around $320.
Shortly before 7 p.m., police responded to a 911 call for an unconscious man on the northbound platform of the 34th Street-Penn Station stop of the C and E trains. The man was transported to Lenox Hill Hospital in critical condition. He was later declared dead.
The investigation kicked into high gear after firefighters responding to a car fire discovered Mbolo-Isac inside a blue Toyota RAV4. Surveillance video shows someone pounding on the driver's window before two people chase the vehicle. As detectives canvassed the area and pulled additional footage, the NYPD released a photo of the man they were seeking, while local coverage highlighted distinctive tattoos and multiple prior arrests as part of the public appeal.
A 30-year-old man was approached by two men wearing masks. One of the suspects then fired a gun striking the 30-year-old in both legs. The victim was taken to One Brooklyn Health-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.
He made this statement to officers while being placed in the back of a police vehicle following their arrests. And at the precinct after being advised of his Miranda rights and waiving those rights, Kayumi said in recorded post-arrest statements that he had watched ISIS propaganda on his phone and that his actions that day were partly inspired by ISIS.
According to law enforcement sources, the incident unfolded just after 5 a.m. on March 8 inside Richard's Restaurant and Bar, located on 94th Street and Avenue L, when cops say they received 911 calls reporting that multiple people had been shot. Upon arrival, responding officers from the 69th Precinct discovered a 43-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the leg, a 44-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg, and a second 44-year-old man with a bullet wound to the arm.
Police responded around 6:40 a.m. to a 911 call reporting an assault inside 956 Sherman Avenue, within the 44th Precinct. Officers arriving at the scene found a 42-year-old woman with stab wounds to her neck, torso and back, and a 16-year-old male with stab wounds to his neck and back.
A 30-year-old man is fighting for his life after an early-morning shooting at East 95th Street and Church Avenue in East Flatbush. Police say officers responding just before 4:30 a.m. found the man with a gunshot wound to the head and rushed him to Kings County Hospital, where he remains in critical condition. Investigators believe the gunfire erupted after a verbal dispute, and the shooter took off.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Police are searching for a suspect who shot a 27-year-old man during a street encounter late Wednesday night in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, according to an NYPD Crime Stoppers alert. Authorities said the attack occurred around 9:54 p.m. at the intersection of Sackett Street and 3rd Avenue. The victim was reportedly approached by an unidentified man who began talking with him before pulling out a gun and firing, striking the victim in the right leg.
The NYPD is investigating after a man was found dead aboard a Manhattan train on Sunday. According to police sources, cops from Transit District 4 were conducting an inspection of a northbound Q train just after midnight on Feb. 1, after it had pulled into the end of the line on East 96 Street and Second Avenue subway station, when they discovered a 34-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive.
Newly released surveillance video shows how one of several overnight store robberies unfolded, and investigators say the same group may be behind all of them. The video obtained by News 12 comes from a store at 125 Kingston Ave. It shows two masked men walking up to the counter. One holds out a plastic bag, pointing it like a gun. The worker opens the register and places cash into an open bag.
New York City police are searching for the person who attacked a man on a subway train the evening of January 10 when the man was kissing his transgender female partner. The attacker shouted homophobic slurs and then slashed the right side of the man's face with a sharp object, Gay City News reports. The suspect escaped, and the 28-year-old victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. The trans woman was not injured.
A 66-year-old man died on Sunday after getting hit by an SUV driver on Staten Island a week earlier, the NYPD announced on Wednesday. Cops say they responded to a 911 call of the man whom they identified as Staten Island resident Jean Victorin getting struck on South Avenue near Forest Avenue within the NYPD's 121st Precinct at 1:54 p.m. on Jan. 4.
According to police, a 17-year-old boy was waiting for the train at the Livonia Avenue subway station around 5 p.m. when he was approached by three teen boys who forcibly tried to take the victim's sweatshirt. As the boys surrounded the victim inside the station mezzanine, he fought off an attempted theft, but the group took turns punching him, and one suspect stabbed him in the leg, NYPD officials said.
Authorities say at least one of the suspects has been brought to justice in the Friday afternoon incident that shocked local residents. The 17-year-old male suspect whom cops have not yet identified has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Sources close to the case said the suspect is believed to be the primary aggressor. The arrest came the morning after the NYPD released surveillance photos of two young men detectives were looking to question.
