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13-Year-Old Killed In Hit-Run Crash On Long Island Was 'Family's Knight In Shining Armor' 13-Year-Old Killed In Hit-Run Crash On Long Island Was 'Family's Knight In Shining Armor'
13-Year-Old Killed In Hit-Run Crash On Long Island Was 'Family's Knight In Shining Armor' Tributes are pouring in for a Long Island teenager being hailed as a hero after he died while trying to protect his sister from a hit-and-run driver. Tyler Phillips, of Medford, died Saturday, Oct. 15 at the age of 13, according to his obituary.  Earlier Report: Teenage Boy Dies From Injuries In Hit-Run Coram Crash That Also Injured His Sister His death came three days after he and his sister, Krystal Randolph, were struck by a car while walking in Coram on Granny Road on Wednesday, Oct. 12, Suffolk County Police said. Investigators said the siblings were walking westbound in the bike l…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Months After 11-Year-Old Shooting Victim's Mom Dies, NY Jury Convicts His Killer Months After 11-Year-Old Shooting Victim's Mom Dies, NY Jury Convicts His Killer
Months After 11-Year-Old Shooting Victim's Mom Dies, NY Jury Convicts His Killer A New York mother who lost her 11-year-old son to a drive-by shooting in the Capital District never got to see her son’s killer brought to justice. More than a year and a half after Ayshawn Davis was fatally shot in Troy, a Rensselaer County jury convicted Jahquay Brown of manslaughter in connection with the boy’s death Thursday, June 30 after a nearly two-week long trial. He was acquitted of second-degree murder. Prosecutors said it was shortly before midnight on Sept. 13, 2020 when 22-year-old Brown, of Cohoes, rolled up to a home on Sixth Avenue in Troy in a dark vehicle and opened fir…

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by Michael Mashburn
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'I Don't Want You Guys To Be Sad. Gabby Didn't Live That Way,' Dad Joe Petito Says At Funeral 'I Don't Want You Guys To Be Sad. Gabby Didn't Live That Way,' Dad Joe Petito Says At Funeral
'I Don't Want You Guys To Be Sad. Gabby Didn't Live That Way,' Dad Joe Petito Says At Funeral Speaking to mourners gathered to honor the life of his late 22-year-old daughter, Joseph Petito encouraged people to be inspired by the way Gabby Petito lived her life. Funeral services were held to honor the life of the Long Island resident at the Moloney's Funeral Home in Holbrook on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 26. Petito's remains were found in a Wyoming national park a week earlier.  Petito, who was from Blue Point, was reported missing by her family on Saturday, Sept. 11.  Speaking at the service, Joe Petito said he does not want people to be sad, but to take inspiration from the way his…

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by Nicole Valinote