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Man Shot During Fight In Area, Police Say Man Shot During Fight In Area, Police Say
Man Shot During Fight In Area, Police Say Police are currently investigating a shooting that took place during a fight. The incident took place around 8:20 p.m., Friday, July 30, in Sullivan County. Police responded to a 911 report of a fight in progress on York Avenue in the Village of Monticello.  While on the scene, officers received a second 911 report of a 25-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg, at 29 York Ave., said Monticello PD Lt. Mark Johnstone. The victim was transported to Garnet Catskill Medical Center, Harris campus by Mobile Medic Ambulance and then flown to Westchester Medica…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Three Shot In Separate Incidents Over Weekend In Region, Police Say Three Shot In Separate Incidents Over Weekend In Region, Police Say
Three Shot In Separate Incidents Over Weekend In Region, Police Say Three people were shot in the region in separate incidents over the weekend. All of the incidents happened in Sullivan County. The first shooting took place around 8:20 p.m., Friday, July 30, during a fight on York Avenue in the Village of Monticello. While on the scene, officers received a second 911 report of a 25-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the leg, at 29 York Avenue, said Monticello PD Lt. Mark Johnstone. The victim was transported to Garnet Catskill Medical Center, Harris campus by Mobile Medic Ambulance and then subsequently Medevac to Westchester Medic…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home
Sleeping Westchester Man Struck By Stray Bullet In New Jersey Home A Yonkers man was sleeping when he was struck in the arm by gunfire in a Paterson, New Jersey home before dawn Monday, July 26, authorities confirmed. It was just after midnight when shots rang out on East 23rd Street off Park Avenue, just around the corner from where city police last week raided an open-air drug market, responders initially said. The sleeping 35-year-old victim and three vehicles were struck, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora confirmed Monday morning. An ambulance took him for treatment to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Three Killed In Shooting Inside NY Residence Three Killed In Shooting Inside NY Residence
Three Killed In Shooting Inside NY Residence Police are investigating a shooting that killed three people inside a residence in New York. The incident happened on Long Island just after noontime on Friday, July 23 in Suffolk County. Officers responded to 132 Overlook Drive in Farmingville after a family member called 911 at 12:06 p.m., police said. Officers found Richard Castano, age 31, and Diamond Schick, age 24, both residents of the house, and Nyasia Knox, age 20, of Georgia, dead from gunshot wounds, police said. A baby was found inside the house, unharmed. The investigation is continuing.  Anyone with information is ask…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Three Apprehended After Shooting Outside NY Supermarket Three Apprehended After Shooting Outside NY Supermarket
Three Apprehended After Shooting Outside NY Supermarket This story has been updated. Three men were arrested following a shooting outside a Long Island supermarket. Following a verbal altercation, two men shot each other in the parking lot of Lidl Supermarket, located at 812 Montauk Highway in Center Moriches, at approximately 4:05 p.m. Sunday, July 18, Suffolk County Police said. Both were transported to local hospitals for treatment, one for critical injuries and one for serious injuries. Two other men, who were with them during the shooting, fled the scene and were later apprehended in the vicinity of the incident. Three of the men we…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Massive Manhunt Underway As Suspect In Fatal Shooting Flees Through Rockland Massive Manhunt Underway As Suspect In Fatal Shooting Flees Through Rockland
Massive Manhunt Underway As Suspect In Fatal Shooting Flees Through Rockland A manhunt was underway after a man was shot and killed in Mahwah, New Jersey. The suspect fled in a black Chrysler with Mississippi license plates as township police rushed to a rented home on Avenue A between Route 202 and Route 17 in West Mahwah and found the body shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, July 12. A cellphone in the vehicle was pinged to several locations in Rockland County, including Washington Avenue in Suffern and the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was called but not needed once police made entry into the 1,760-square-foot home in a neigh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Man Killed In Early Morning Shooting Hudson Valley Man Killed In Early Morning Shooting
Hudson Valley Man Killed In Early Morning Shooting A Hudson Valley man was shot and killed during an early morning shooting in New York City. Tamel Jackson-Breland, age 31 of Middletown, died on Monday, June 21, at the NYC Health & Hospitals/Harlem around 2:35 a.m., said the NYPD.  NYPD said they were notified of the shooting after Jackson-Breland came to the hospital via a private vehicle. He was pronounced dead a short time after arriving at the hospital. An investigation found that he had been shot in front of 230 West 140 St., in Harlem, NYPD said. There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
22-Year-Old Killed In Westchester Shooting 22-Year-Old Killed In Westchester Shooting
22-Year-Old Killed In Westchester Shooting A 22-year-old man was shot and killed in an early morning shooting that happened in Westchester, police said. Officers from the Yonkers Police Department responded to a stretch of Bronx River Road at approximately 5 a.m. on Sunday, June 20, where there was a report of an unresponsive man bleeding from a head wound in the area. Related story - Multiple Arrests Made After Gang Assault In Westchester Witnessed By Dozens Upon arrival, officers located the man, a Delaware resident whose name has not been released, who was treated at the scene, transported to a local hospital, and later pro…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Shot In Shoulder Being 'Uncooperative' With Investigators In Area, Police Say Man Shot In Shoulder Being 'Uncooperative' With Investigators In Area, Police Say
Man Shot In Shoulder Being 'Uncooperative' With Investigators In Area, Police Say Police are investigating the shooting of a 25-year-old man that happened in the region. It happened around 4 a.m., Thursday, June 10, in Sullivan County, in the area of Park Avenue and Monticello Street, in Monticello. Responding officers were unable to locate anyone injured in the area at that time. Police were later notified on Thursday afternoon that a Monticello man had been driven to Garnet Medical Center in Harris by private vehicle for medical treatment of a gunshot wound, Monticello PD Lt. Mark Johnstone said. The victim, who was uncooperative with police, sustaine…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police Seeking Tips In Double Hudson Valley Shooting That Left One Dead, One Critical Police Seeking Tips In Double Hudson Valley Shooting That Left One Dead, One Critical
Police Seeking Tips In Double Hudson Valley Shooting That Left One Dead, One Critical Police are asking the public for help with leads in a shooting that left one man dead and another in critical condition in the Hudson Valley. The shootings took place around 3:15 p.m., Friday, March 26, in Rockland County in the area of 34 Monsey Blvd., in Spring Valley. When police arrived on the scene, they found one gunshot victim and then another victim a short distance away near 1 Fletcher Rd., Spring Valley Detective Matt Galli said. Olgalito Nerette, a 17-year-old Spring Valley resident who suffered from multiple gunshot wounds, was pronounced dead shortly after, according…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Seven Shot In Separate Incidents At Outdoor Gatherings On Long Island Seven Shot In Separate Incidents At Outdoor Gatherings On Long Island
Seven Shot In Separate Incidents At Outdoor Gatherings On Long Island Seven people were shot in two separate incidents overnight on Long Island. The first incident happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 23 in Bay Shore. Several people were gathered in the vicinity of the basketball courts at the Bay Shore Marina, located on South Clinton Avenue when several gunshots were fired in their direction from outside of the park, Suffolk County Police said.  Four of the people were struck by one shot each.  A 19-year-old woman, two 22-year-old men, and a 23-year-old man were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital. The second incident…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Yale Murder Suspect Nabbed In Alabama Yale Murder Suspect Nabbed In Alabama
Yale Murder Suspect Nabbed In Alabama United States Marshals have arrested a man believed to be responsible for the February shooting death of a Yale grad student in Connecticut.  Qinxuan Pan, age 29, an MIT researcher, was arrested on Friday, May 14, in Montgomery, Alabama, US Marshals said. They did not say where in Montgomery he was found.  Pan is the prime suspect in the shooting death of Kevin Jiang, age 26, who was shot to death on Lawrence Street between Nicoll and Nash streets in New Haven on Saturday, Feb. 6. Jiang was a second-year master’s student at the Yale School of the Environment and was set to graduate this y…

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by Kathy Reakes