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NJ Roofer Impaled By Railing In Fall, Airlifted To Hospital: Friends
A New Jersey business owner suffered life-threatening injuries when he fell from a roof and landed on a railing that impaled him through his side over the weekend, according to authorities and a fundraiser launched by a longtime friend.
Stavros Makris, 24, of Westfield, fell from the roof of a home on the 300 block of Wychwood Road around 1:34 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said.
Makris, a roofing contractor, had apparently been inspecting the roof to prepare a quote for repairs when he fell onto the pointed metal edge of a staircase railing, Battiloro …
DC Police Officer Dies Of Gunshot Wound Sustained At Police Station
A Washington, DC, police officer has died after suffering a gunshot wound at a local police station, the department confirmed.
The officer, who was not identified, was critically wounded at the Metropolitan Police Department's Second District station on the 3300 block of Idaho Avenue NW just after 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, an MPD spokesperson tells Daily Voice. The officer was taken to a hospital, where he died.
"Nothing currently indicates that another party was involved," the spokesperson said.
At approximately 12:20 p.m., DC Mayor Muriel Bowser shared the following statement to X:
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Panhandler Threatens To Kill NJ Grocery Store Worker, Police Say
A 40-year-old man threatened to kill a Clifton grocery store employee before pulling what appeared to be a handgun from his waistband, authorities said.
Officers responded to Food Universe on Lexington Avenue on Friday, Aug. 28, around 2:03 p.m., after a 911 caller reported a man with a gun, Clifton Police Det. Lt. Robert Anderson said.
Adolfo Barrientos, whose last known address was in Paterson, had been panhandling, causing a disturbance, and disrupting business inside the store, Anderson said.
Employees recognized Barrientos from a June incident in which he caused a disturbance and made…
