NYPD searches for Bronx purse snatcher, as fourth victim comes forward

All the victims in this string of robberies were women who were forced to give the suspect their bag, in which he then fled the scene on a moped.

Kaylin Gillis: Father of NY shooting victim hopes accused killer 'dies in jail'

The father whose 20-year-old daughter was fatally shot after she and her friends got lost and drove to the wrong house in rural upstate New York raged Wednesday at the man who pulled the trigger.

Brooklyn deli worker attacked, nearly stabbed and shot by suspect

Following the attack, the suspect returned a short time later with a gun and shot two rounds into the store, the NYPD said.

Homeowner who shot Black teen after going to wrong house pleads not guilty

Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager in Kansas City, mistakenly went to 84-year-old Andrew Lester’s door looking for his younger brothers, authorities said.

NYPD officer struck by vehicle in Midtown

Police say a driver who ran a red light in Midtown Manhattan struck a NYPD officer with his car after a traffic stop.

NYPD officer injured by vehicle in Midtown
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Police are searching for the suspect who struck and injured an NYPD officer with a car in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday.

Officials see 'alarming increase' in gun violence among kids

Alarming numbers from the NYPD show that gun violence among kids and teens has doubled in the past five years. Nationwide, firearms have surpassed motor vehicles as the leading cause of death for kids and teens.

Gun violence takes center stage as number one cause of death for kids and teens
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Alarming numbers from the NYPD show that gun violence among kids and teens has doubled in the past five years, making makeshift memorials an all too familiar sight. Firearms have now surpassed motor vehicles as the leading cause of death among kids and teens across the United States.

New NY initiative to crack down on speeding in construction zones
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State officials are taking action to crack down on speeding in construction zones by installing cameras in active work zones. A total of 30 SUVs equipped with cameras will be deployed across the state, reminding drivers that cameras are rolling and drivers going above the posted speed limit will be ticketed.

Brooklyn woman sentenced for cheesecake poisoning of lookalike

A 47-year-old woman will spend more than 20 years behind bars for a bizarre identity-theft plot. Her weapon of choice was cheesecake laced with a powerful Russian sedative.

Neighbor: Man in New York wrong-turn shooting disliked trespassers

When 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis and her friends took a wrong turn into a New York driveway, they wound up on the property of a man bitter about people driving onto his land by mistake, a neighbor says.