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Details Emerge On Nick Donofrio, College Student From CT Killed Entering Wrong Home Near Campus
New information has emerged on the 20-year-old college student from Connecticut who was shot and killed while trying to enter the wrong house near the campus of the University of South Carolina. Nicholas Donofrio's LinkedIn profile says he was a junior studying exercise science, and transferred to the university in 2022, after playing basketball as a freshman for the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. His UNE bio says he graduated from Daniel Hand High School in Madison, Connecticut. Donofrio was found dead having suffered a gunshot wound to the upper body, on the fro…
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20-Year-Old College Student From CT Shot, Killed After Trying To Enter Wrong Home, Police Say
New update: Details Emerge On Nick Donofrio, College Student From CT Killed Entering Wrong Home Near Campus A 20-year-old from Connecticut who attends college in South Carolina was shot and killed after attempting to enter the wrong home, according to authorities. The incident happened around 2 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 in Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia Police Department officers were dispatched to the 500 block of South Holly Street for a reported home burglary. While en route, the emergency call for service was upgraded to a shots fired call. When officers arrived on the scene, …
Police & Fire
New Update: Fatal Shooting Victim ID'd, Suspect Caught In Hudson Valley
Authorities have located a suspect in a fatal shooting that left a 53-year-old man dead in Northern Westchester. The arrest stemmed from a fatal shooting that happened on Sunday, May 21 just after 7:30 p.m., when police responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Sherman Avenue and McKinley Street in Peekskill, according to Peekskill Police Lt. Adam Renwick. Earlier Report - Shooting Leaves Victim Hospitalized In Peekskill: 'Not Random Act,' Police Say When officers arrived at the scene, they found 53-year-old Ernest Wilson of Peekskill with numerous…
Police & Fire
Murder Of Teen In Hudson Valley: 33-Year-Old Suspect Apprehended
A suspect has been apprehended in connection to the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in Westchester. Tomani Turner, age 18, died on Thursday night, April 6 after he was shot twice in the chest in Mount Vernon on Garden Avenue near East 4th Street just after 12:30 p.m. earlier in the day. On Friday, April 7, 2023, detectives arrested 33-year-old Akeem Grant, of Mount Vernon for the murder of Turner. Earlier report: 18-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Mount Vernon Was High School Student On Spring Break More information on the arrest will be released on Monday, April 10, Mount Vernon Police sa…
Police & Fire
Police Offering Cash Reward For Suspect In Fatal Shooting Of 29-Year-Old In Hudson Valley
Police are offering members of the public a cash reward for anyone with information regarding the suspect in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man in Westchester County. Earlier Report - Have You Seen Him? Suspect ID'd In Fatal Shooting Of 29-Year-Old In New Rochelle A reward of up to $2,500 is being offered by New York State Crime Stoppers for anyone with information on the whereabouts of 29-year-old Stamford resident Mtayari Dixon, according to New Rochelle Police. Dixon is suspected of killing 29-year-old New Rochelle resident James Caldwell Jr. on Wedn…
Police & Fire
Have You Seen Him? Suspect ID Released In Fatal Shooting Of 29-Year-Old In Hudson Valley
Police have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man in Westchester County, and are actively looking for him. Earlier Report - ID Released For 29-Year-Old Killed In Westchester Shooting, Suspect On Loose: Police Mtayari Dixon, age 29, originally from New Rochelle but now believed to live in Connecticut, in Stamford, is suspected of killing New Rochelle resident James Caldwell Jr. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, according to New Rochelle Police. On that day, Dixon is believed to have shot Caldwell multiple times in New Rochelle at the intersecti…
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29-Year-Old Shot, Killed In Broad Daylight At Intersection In Hudson Valley
Police are investigating a fatal shooting at an intersection in Westchester. It happened in broad daylight around 5:55 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 in New Rochelle. Police received multiple calls of shots fired, and that a person was shot near Horton Avenue and Colonel Lee Archer Boulevard, New Rochelle PD Captain J. Collins Coyne said. Upon arrival, officers located a person on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds, according to Coyne. New Rochelle Police, Fire, and Ambulance personnel administered first aid and the victim was transported to a local hospital. The victim, a…
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ID Released For NY Dad Killed In Hotel Shooting Tied To Marist College Family Weekend
Click here for a new, updated story: Suspects In Fatal Shooting Tied To Marist College Family Weekend Have Criminal Histories The father who was shot and killed by a stray bullet at a Hudson Valley hotel while visiting his child during Family Weekend at Marist College has been identified as an accountant from Long Island, according to numerous reports. Suffolk County resident Paul Kutz, age 53, of East Northport, was killed while standing in the lobby of the Courtyard by Marriott, located at 2641 South Road (Route 9) in the Town of Poughkeepsie, at about 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2…
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1 Dead After Shots Fired At Courtyard By Marriott In Area
Updated story: 2nd Suspect Apprehended, New Info Released After Fatal Shooting Tied To Family Weekend At Marist College One person died at the hospital and a suspect is in custody following a shooting at a Hudson Valley hotel. Police in Dutchess County received a report of shots fired at the Courtyard by Marriott, located at 2641 South Road (Route 9) in the Town of Poughkeepsie, at about 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2. A victim was found inside the hotel and was taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department. Po…
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Suspect Nabbed For Targeted Fatal Shooting Of Northwell Health Employee
A suspect has been apprehended for the targeted fatal shooting of a Northwell Health employee who was killed in a parking garage on Long Island. Amelia Laguerre, age 33, of St. Albans, Queens, was found shot in North New Hyde Park around 4:10 p.m. on Thursday, March 31. She was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead by a hospital physician, Nassau County Police said. See Earlier Story: Northwell Employee Fatally Shot In North New Hyde Park Parking Garage Laguerre, who worked for Northwell for 10 years, had been shot five times by someone who was waiti…
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ID Released For Worker Killed During Shooting At Bar In Hudson Valley
Police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting at a Southern Westchester bar and announced the arrest of a suspect. Antonio Antoine-Filis, age 22,was killed on Sunday, Feb. 6 around 2 a.m. during a shooting at the Duo Tapas Lounge and Bar on Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers. According to Detective Lt. Dean Politopoulos, of the Yonkers Police, members of the department responded to the bar on a report of multiple victims. Related story: Northern Westchester Man Charged For Murdering Bar Employee Upon arrival first responders located two men at the scene with apparent g…
Sports
Man Shot, Killed Over Argument About College Football Game
An argument over a college football game led to the fatal shooting of a man after he got in a dispute with another in the final minutes of a massive upset. With the then top-ranked Alabama squaring off against an unranked Texas A&M squad in the final minutes over the weekend, police said that two men got in an argument inside a Sixth Avenue home in Bessemer, Alabama. It is alleged that the two men became combative while arguing over whose team was better, prompting the homeowner to ask them to leave as they were fighting at approximately 11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9. Once they were outs…
Police & Fire
One Killed In Shooting During Apparent Robbery In Orange County
Police in the Hudson Valley are investigating the fatal shooting of a taxi driver who was killed during an apparent robbery overnight. In Orange County, investigators from the City of Newburgh Police Department said that city resident Jorge Arbayza de la Cruz, age 51, was shot and killed by a group of men on North Miller Street at approximately 8:40 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30. Upon arrival at the scene, police said that they found de la Cruz outside of his Express USA taxi on the ground unresponsive with gunshot wounds. He was transported to an area hospital and later pronounced dead from …
Police & Fire
Police Searching For 'Armed, Dangerous' Area Man
Police are alerting the public as they search for a person of interest in a fatal shooting in the Hudson Valley. The shooting took place late last month in Ulster County. The Ellenville Police Department has identified 30-year-old Dominic Naquan King, of Kingston, as a person of interest in the death of Gerald Keith Richardson. Richardson was shot multiple times just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, said photo. King is described as 5-foot-10, 220 pounds, and he has black hair, brown eyes, and tattoos on his forearms. Police said King is considered "armed and dangerous" and should not b…
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Teenage Suspect In Fatal Rockland Shooting To Appear In Court
A teenage suspect is due in court to answer charges in a fatal shooting in Nyack that the Rockland County District Attorney called “senseless.” Valley Cottage resident Collyer Goodman, 18, was apprehended by Orangetown Police investigators on Sunday, Aug. 23 after he allegedly shot and killed Country Club Hills, Illinois resident Darien Brydie, 21, outside a Nyack apartment complex. Brydie was shot while he was in a car with Goodman in the parking lot of Nyack Plaza, police said. He was transported to Montefiore Nyack Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead from the gunshot wounds. G…
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Former Worker Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Area Funeral Home Director
A former worker has been charged in the fatal shooting of the director of a funeral home in the area. In the incident in Rockland County, Noe Hamer, of New York City, the director of the T.J. McGowan Sons Funeral Home at 133 Broadway in Haverstraw, was killed around 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 6. New City resident Gerard F. "Jerry" O’Sullivan was arraigned by Judge Larry Schwartz Saturday morning, Feb. 8 on charges stemming from the incident, the Rockland County District Attorney's Office said. O'Sullivan was fired from the funeral home hours before the incident and …
Police & Fire
Police Find Person Fatally Shot After 911 Call Reporting Crash In Area
A 911 call for a possible rollover crash ended with police finding a person with a fatal gunshot wound in the area. The call came into police around 2:20 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 12, for a possible crash in Poughkeepsie at 70 Livingston St., said City of Poughkeepsie Police Sgt. George Camacho. When officers arrived on the scene they discovered that the driver had an apparent gunshot wound, Camacho said. City of Poughkeepsie Fire Department personnel and Mobile Life Support Services had also responded to the scene and the victim was transported to a local hospital. A short&nbs…
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Suspect On Loose After Fatal Shooting At Middletown Restaurant
Click here for an updated story: ID Released For 23-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed At Area Restaurant A suspect is at large after a fatal shooting that happened overnight at a restaurant in the area. State Troopers and the Town of Wallkill Police Department responded to Made In Puerto Rico Latin Cuisine and Sports Bar located at 505 Schutt Road Extension in Middletown, for a report of a shooting on Sunday, Nov. 3 at approximately 2:30 a.m. Upon their arrival at the scene, troopers and Wallkill Police located a male victim who had sustained at least one gunshot wound. The v…
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Reward Offered For Info In Fatal Shooting Of Orange County Man
A $5,000 reward is being offered by police in Orange County for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever was responsible for a fatal shooting in Newburgh over the weekend. Aned Alvarado Baquedano, 35, was fatally shot in the neck on Saturday, Sept. 21 near the intersection of Liberty Street and Clinton Street in Newburgh. A teenager also suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in the incident, but suffered only non-life-threatening injuries. Alvarado Baquedano was reportedly celebrating a family member’s birthday down the street from where the fatal shooting took place. it…
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Fatal Police Shooting In Orange County To Be Investigated By State AG
Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Man Shot, Killed By Trooper On I-84 In Orange County The New York Attorney General’s office confirmed it has opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of a man walking along I-84 in Orange County by a New York State Trooper. The office of Attorney General Letitia James said on Friday, May 24, that it is investigating the incident that took place around 2 a.m., Thursday, May 23, along the interstate in Montgomery. The incident took place when state police responded to a report of a disabled vehicle on I-84 in the town of Montgo…
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Passenger In Car During Fatal Shooting Of Pace Football Player DJ Henry Gets $75K Settlement
A former Pace University teammate of Danroy “DJ” Henry, who was shot and killed by a Pleasantville police officer has reached a settlement with the former officer. Former Pleasantville police officer Aaron Hess, who was off-duty in Pleasantville, called to report a disturbance outside Finnegan’s on Oct. 17, 2010, where members of the Pace football team were celebrating after their homecoming game. Hess remained at the scene, and when Henry was instructed to move his vehicle out of a fire zone, the former police officer alleged that it had struck him, he landed on the hood of the car and he …
Police & Fire
Suspect Caught In Killing That Led To Westchester Manhunt, Lockouts
A suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman at a Tarrytown housing complex was captured Tuesday night in Manhattan by Port Authority police as he tried to board a bus for Delaware, authorities said. Cynelle Brown, 28, was spotted by PAPD Sgt. Kevin Cottrell and Officers Brandon Kubic and James Herkenham, in plainclothes, on the lower level of the terminal's north wing at the Greyhound ticketing area, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Brown was waiting on line to buy bus tickets to Wilmington, Delaware with "a woman identified as his aunt and the aunt's child" waiting on onlin…
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