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Five Shot In Separate Incidents In Westchester Five Shot In Separate Incidents In Westchester
Five Shot In Separate Incidents In Westchester Five people were injured in two separate shootings on the same night in Westchester County. Both shootings happened on Saturday, July 16, in Yonkers, according to the Yonkers Police Department. Police said officers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Pitkin Park on Locust Hill Avenue at about 9:15 p.m. A man and a woman, both aged 18, were found suffering from gunshot wounds and were hospitalized, authorities reported.  Police said the woman was listed in stable condition and the man was listed in critical but stable condition. Then shortly before 11 p.m., police res…

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by Nicole Valinote
Obituaries
Community Rallies To Support Family Of 17-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Hudson Valley Community Rallies To Support Family Of 17-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Hudson Valley
Community Rallies To Support Family Of 17-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Hudson Valley Friends and family members are rallying to support the family of a 17-year-old Hudson Valley boy who was gunned down in a parking lot. Rockland County resident Treynahel "Trey" Cineus, of Spring Valley, was found shot and killed around 2:30 a.m., Friday, July 8 in the parking lot of 150 West Eckerson Road in Spring Valley. "We are mourning the loss of our beloved Trey, who was suddenly taken from us," said a GoFundMe started in his honor. "Trey was an extraordinary human being, an excellent student, a fierce athlete, a loving son, a role model to his three little brothers, and a great exam…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Months After 11-Year-Old Shooting Victim's Mom Dies, Capital District Jury Convicts His Killer Months After 11-Year-Old Shooting Victim's Mom Dies, Capital District Jury Convicts His Killer
Months After 11-Year-Old Shooting Victim's Mom Dies, Capital District 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
News
Supreme Court Strikes Down NY Concealed Gun Law In Place For More Than A Century Supreme Court Strikes Down NY Concealed Gun Law In Place For More Than A Century
Supreme Court Strikes Down NY Concealed Gun Law In Place For More Than A Century The Supreme Court has just struck down a New York law that places limits on carrying a concealed gun outside the home. The 6-3 decision was announced late Thursday morning, June 23. At issue in the case was whether the state of New York's denial of petitioners' applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violate the Second Amendment's right to "keep and bear arms." The New York law had been in place for more than 100 years. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion which invalidates the state's requirement for people to show "proper cause" to get public carry lic…

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by Joe Lombardi
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One Killed, Two Injured In Hudson Valley Shooting, Police Say One Killed, Two Injured In Hudson Valley Shooting, Police Say
One Killed, Two Injured In Hudson Valley Shooting, Police Say A 27-year-old man was shot and killed and two others wounded during an early morning shooting in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Dutchess County in the city of Poughkeepsie around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 18 at 386 Main St. Officers responding to a call of multiple shots fired found a Poughkeepsie resident shot multiple times, said Det. Lt. Matt Clark. He was transported to MidHudson Regional Hospital where he died of his wounds, Clark said. A short time later a second victim, a 31-year-old city resident, arrived at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his a…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Man Sentenced For Armed Attack On School Bus Drivers In Westchester Man Sentenced For Armed Attack On School Bus Drivers In Westchester
Man Sentenced For Armed Attack On School Bus Drivers In Westchester A man has been sentenced for an armed attack on a group of workers, including school bus drivers, in Westchester County. Brooklyn resident Tony Mauro, age 41, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison following the incident at Royal Coach Lines' Greenburgh bus depot about three-and-a-half years ago. Mauro ordered three victims at gunpoint onto a bus that was parked at the depot on Nov. 16, 2018, at approximately 4 a.m., Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah said. He then fired a shot that struck the car of a fourth employee whom he had orde…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Gun Show In Hudson Valley Canceled Due To Recent Mass Shootings Gun Show In Hudson Valley Canceled Due To Recent Mass Shootings
Gun Show In Hudson Valley Canceled Due To Recent Mass Shootings A gun show scheduled to be held over the Father's Day weekend in the Hudson Valley has been canceled due to the recent mass shootings.  The event, the NEACA Gun Show, was scheduled to be held in Ulster County in Saugerties on Saturday, June 18, and Sunday, June 19. The show was canceled by mutual agreement between the town and the promoter, said David Petronis, president of NEACA. The show was due to be held at the Kiwanis Ice Arena in Saugerties, however, after meeting with Town of Saugerties Supervisor Fred Costello on Thursday morning, Petronis agreed to ca…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Hudson Valley Man Found Shot In Groin, Police Say Hudson Valley Man Found Shot In Groin, Police Say
Hudson Valley Man Found Shot In Groin, Police Say A Hudson Valley man was shot in the groin after police responded to a Shotspotter alert. The incident took place in Orange County in the City of Newburgh around 5:40 p.m., Monday, June 6. The unidentified man was shot in the area of 69 South St., in the parking lot of the Varick Homes Condominium Complex, said city of Newburgh Police. The 18-year-old Newburgh resident was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital via private vehicle, police said. He was admitted to the hospital for medical treatment but is in stable condition at this time, they added. Police are looking for any witnes…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Gov. Hochul Signs Laws Raising Age To Buy Semiautomatic Guns, Banning Body Armor Sales Gov. Hochul Signs Laws Raising Age To Buy Semiautomatic Guns, Banning Body Armor Sales
Gov. Hochul Signs Laws Raising Age To Buy Semiautomatic Guns, Banning Body Armor Sales Anyone buying a semi-automatic firearm in New York will now have to be 21 or older after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed new gun control legislation aimed at reducing mass shootings. The age increase on semiautomatic weapons sales was just one of several gun-related bills Hochul signed into law Monday, June 6. They included a ban on body armor sales, except to those working in select professions, and a requirement that new semi-automatic guns be microstamped in an effort to better help police solve gun-related crimes. The new legislation also strengthens New York’s so-called red flag law, which …

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Doctor Shot, Killed By Disgruntled Patient In Tulsa Has Ties To Northeast Doctor Shot, Killed By Disgruntled Patient In Tulsa Has Ties To Northeast
Doctor Shot, Killed By Disgruntled Patient In Tulsa Has Ties To Northeast One of the victims in the mass shooting at the Tulsa, Oklahoma hospital has ties to the Northeast. Dr. Preston J. Phillips was a Harvard Medical School graduate who worked at the Yale New Haven Hospital for years during his residency before ultimately landing as an orthopedic surgeon at the hospital where he was murdered. Phillips, age 59, was one of four people who were shot and killed by Michael Louis - also known as Michelet Louis - on Wednesday, June 1, when the gunman purchased an assault rifle and gunned them down at the Warren Clinic Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. Poli…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police Investigating Shots-Fired Incident At Park In Hudson Valley Police Investigating Shots-Fired Incident At Park In Hudson Valley
Police Investigating Shots-Fired Incident At Park In Hudson Valley Police are investigating after shots were fired at a park in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Dutchess County in the city of Poughkeepsie around 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 31 in the area of King Street Park. Police responded to the area after receiving multiple 911 reporting the shots fired at the park, said Det. Lt. Matt Clark of the city of Poughkeepsie Police Department. Responding officers observed two teens running from the scene and followed them as they ran and jumped over a fence to an apartment at the Boulevard Knolls housing projects, Clark said. At the fence, offi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Hochul Wants To Raise Legal Age To Buy Some Types Of Guns In NY After Buffalo, Texas Shootings Hochul Wants To Raise Legal Age To Buy Some Types Of Guns In NY After Buffalo, Texas Shootings
Hochul Wants To Raise Legal Age To Buy Some Types Of Guns In NY After Buffalo, Texas Shootings In the wake of the latest mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas, Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation making it more difficult for young New Yorkers to purchase some types of guns. Hochul proposed several proposals to close loopholes and strengthen gun laws in New York, including raising the age to purchase rifles to 21. “How does an 18-year-old purchase an AR-15 in the State of New York, State of Texas? That person's not old enough to buy a legal drink,” she said. “I want to work with the legislature to change that. I want it to be 21. I think that's…

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by Zak Failla