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New Update: Teenage Duo Charged With Attempted Murder After Westchester Shooting, Police Say New Update: Teenage Duo Charged With Attempted Murder After Westchester Shooting, Police Say
New Update: Teenage Duo Charged With Attempted Murder After Westchester Shooting, Police Say Two teenage boys have been charged with shooting a victim in both of his legs near an apartment building in Westchester, police said.  The arrests resulted from an incident on Tuesday, Aug. 22 just after 2 p.m., when Yonkers Police responded to the area of 1 Schroeder St. for a reported shooting, according to Yonkers Police Detective Sergeant Frank M. DiDomizio.  Earlier Report - Shooting Near Apartment Building Injures Victim In Yonkers: Suspect At Large, Police Say Arriving officers soon found a 21-year-old man from Yonkers who had suffered a gunshot wound to e…

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by Ben Crnic
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Westchester Man Shoots Victim In Foot, Then Goes Clubbing: Feds Westchester Man Shoots Victim In Foot, Then Goes Clubbing: Feds
Westchester Man Shoots Victim In Foot, Then Goes Clubbing: Feds A 31-year-old Westchester man faces more than a decade in prison for shooting a victim before going out to a club, federal officials said.  Here's a new, updated report - New Rochelle Man Admits Role In Close-Range Shooting That Left Victim Injured: Feds New Rochelle resident Tyriek Skyfield, age 31, has been charged with firing two shots at a victim in the Bronx in July 2023, injuring them, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday, Aug. 23.  According to federal officials, on the day of the incident, Saturday, July 22, just …

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by Ben Crnic
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Man Kills Father Of Ex-Girlfriend's Child In Westchester, Gets Decades In Prison Man Kills Father Of Ex-Girlfriend's Child In Westchester, Gets Decades In Prison
Man Kills Father Of Ex-Girlfriend's Child In Westchester, Gets Decades In Prison A man will spend at least a quarter of a century behind bars for fatally shooting the 41-year-old father of his ex-girlfriend's child in Westchester after violating an order of protection.  Bronx resident Alexis Rose, age 37, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the March 2021 murder of Pennsylvania man Shaun Hutchinson, the father of Rose's ex-girlfriend's child, at a residence in Yonkers, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Aug. 15.  Earlier Report - Man Arraigned For Murder Of Man At Ex-Girlfriend's Westchester Home…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Westchester County Anti-Gun Leader Busted As Alleged Kingpin Of Hudson Valley Drug Network Westchester County Anti-Gun Leader Busted As Alleged Kingpin Of Hudson Valley Drug Network
Westchester County Anti-Gun Leader Busted As Alleged Kingpin Of Hudson Valley Drug Network A Hudson Valley leader against gun violence is one of 15 people busted for allegedly dealing drugs throughout the region. The busts, which took place in Orange County and also included the seizure of numerous guns and money, were announced on Tuesday, Aug. 1 by Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler, and numerous law enforcement leaders. The busts were the result of a two-year-long narcotics investigation that utilized court-ordered eavesdropping. Seven search warrants were executed during the investigation which resulted in the seizure of over 1516 grams of cocaine cr…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
28-Year-Old Man Shot By MTA Tracks In Westchester: Suspect Still At Large, Police Say 28-Year-Old Man Shot By MTA Tracks In Westchester: Suspect Still At Large, Police Say
28-Year-Old Man Shot By MTA Tracks In Westchester: Suspect Still At Large, Police Say Authorities are searching for whoever was involved in an early morning shooting that left a 28-year-old man injured in Westchester.  The incident happened on Thursday, July 27 around 6:45 a.m., when Mount Vernon Police responded to the area of 37 Pearl St. near Metro-North New Haven line tracks after receiving a report of a shooting. According to Mount Vernon city officials, arriving officers found 28-year-old Mount Vernon resident Camron Jackson with a gunshot wound to his right shoulder. Jackson was then taken to  Jacobi Medical Center and is expected to make a full recover…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Man Shot Near Medical Center In Westchester, Suspect At Large: Police Man Shot Near Medical Center In Westchester, Suspect At Large: Police
Man Shot Near Medical Center In Westchester, Suspect At Large: Police Authorities are searching for a suspect who shot a man near a medical center in Westchester, leaving him hospitalized. The incident happened on Thursday, June 15 just before 2:30 p.m. in Yonkers in the area of St. John's Medical Center at 2 Park Ave., where a man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his arm, according to Yonkers Police Detective Lieutenant Dean Politopoulos.  The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he is expected to recover.  Police are currently at the scene investigating the incident and have not yet made any arrests.  Politopoulos sai…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Man Shoots Woman Inside Beauty Salon In Westchester, Then Flees State: Officials Man Shoots Woman Inside Beauty Salon In Westchester, Then Flees State: Officials
Man Shoots Woman Inside Beauty Salon In Westchester, Then Flees State: Officials A man with a long criminal history faces more charges after allegedly shooting into a Westchester beauty salon after a dispute and hitting a woman before fleeing the state, city officials said.  The incident happened on Friday, April 21 around 5:30 p.m., when 48-year-old Bronx resident Craig Whitfield became involved in a verbal dispute with several people outside of a beauty salon in Mount Vernon at 4 West 3rd St., according to Mount Vernon Director of Communications Timothy Allen.  During this dispute, Whitfield allegedly took out a handgun and fired into the salo…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Shooting Leaves Victim Hospitalized In Westchester: 'Not Random Act,' Police Say Shooting Leaves Victim Hospitalized In Westchester: 'Not Random Act,' Police Say
Shooting Leaves Victim Hospitalized In Westchester: 'Not Random Act,' Police Say New, updated report: New Update: Fatal Shooting Victim ID'd, Suspect Caught In Peekskill Authorities are searching for the suspect in a shooting that left one victim hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds in Northern Westchester.  The incident happened on Sunday, May 21 just after 7:30 p.m., when officers responded to the area of Sherman Avenue and McKinley Street in Peekskill for a report of shots fired, according to Peekskill Police.  Once they arrived at the scene, police found a 53-year-old victim with numerous gunshot wounds in the area of Welcher Avenue an…

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by Ben Crnic
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Duo Charged In Shooting Death Of 14-Year-Old In Westchester: DA Duo Charged In Shooting Death Of 14-Year-Old In Westchester: DA
Duo Charged In Shooting Death Of 14-Year-Old In Westchester: DA Two men face charges in the broad daylight shooting death of a 14-year-old boy in Westchester, officials said. Both Mount Vernon resident Tyrese Coghiel, age 21, and Yonkers resident Phillip Ferrell, age 46, have been arraigned on an indictment charging them in connection with the shooting death of 14-year-old Zyaire Fernandez in Mount Vernon, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Friday, May 12.  Earlier Report - Arrest Made After Teenager Shot Dead In Mount Vernon: ID Of Victim Released On the day of the shooting, Thursday, March 9 a…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old Shot After Suspects Fire Into Crowd In Westchester, Police Say 14-Year-Old Shot After Suspects Fire Into Crowd In Westchester, Police Say
14-Year-Old Shot After Suspects Fire Into Crowd In Westchester, Police Say Officers had to apply a tourniquet to an injured 14-year-old after two suspects approached a crowd in Westchester and fired several shots into it, police said.  The incident happened in Yonkers on Friday, April 28 around 8:30 p.m., when officers responded to the area of 40 Cliff St. for a reported shooting incident, according to Yonkers Police.  Once arriving, authorities found an injured 14-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his leg and began rendering first aid, including applying a field tourniquet.  The boy was then taken to an area trauma center with non-life-threaten…

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by Ben Crnic
Obituaries
'Glue Of The Family': Funeral Set For NY 20-Year-Old Slain In Wrong Driveway Shooting 'Glue Of The Family': Funeral Set For NY 20-Year-Old Slain In Wrong Driveway Shooting
'Glue Of The Family': Funeral Set For NY 20-Year-Old Slain In Wrong Driveway Shooting Days after a 20-year-old woman was shot and killed after the car she was in turned down the wrong driveway in upstate New York, friends and loved ones are preparing to say their goodbyes. A funeral for Saratoga County’s Kaylin Gillis, of Schuylerville, will get underway at 4 p.m. Friday, April 21, at the Flynn Bros. Funeral Home in Schuylerville, according to her obituary. Earlier Report: Wrong Turn Shooting: Suspect In NY 20-Year-Old's Death Denied Bail; Victim's BF Blames Himself Gillis died Saturday night, April 15, when her boyfriend mistakenly drove onto the property of 65-year-old K…

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Man Gets Jail Time For Shooting Into Crowd, Hitting 3 In Westchester Man Gets Jail Time For Shooting Into Crowd, Hitting 3 In Westchester
Man Gets Jail Time For Shooting Into Crowd, Hitting 3 In Westchester A man will spend years in prison for unleashing gunfire into a group of people in Westchester, leaving three injured, officials said.  Yonkers resident Jaquan Henderson, age 23, was sentenced to ten years in state prison for his role in a July 2022 shooting that left three people injured, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Thursday, April 20.  Earlier Report - 23-Year-Old Indicted For Allegedly Shooting 3 People In Yonkers According to Rocah's office, on July 16, 2022, Henderson fired 11 rounds of a 9mm pistol at a group of people on Sch…

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by Ben Crnic