At least eight people, including four children aged 6 to 14, were shot and injured in Coney Island, New York City, on Independence Day. A 21-year-old woman is in critical condition, while seven others are stable. Police recovered a firearm but made no arrests.
A 51-year-old man died after falling from an elevated position during a Goose concert at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Police found him unconscious and unresponsive, and he was pronounced dead at a hospital. The band expressed sadness over the tragic event.
Thousands of Knicks fans gathered in downtown New York City for a lively ticker-tape parade to celebrate the team's NBA championship. Fans lit joints, drank alcohol, and climbed on police cruisers along Church Street, with some expressing joy and a sense of history.
NYC police released body-worn camera footage of detectives Ryan Giuffre and Anthony Manetta fatally shooting Anthony Griffin, 44, at Grand Central subway station on April 11. Griffin had stabbed three victims—an 84-year-old male, 65-year-old male, and 70-year-old female—with a large knife. Officers ordered Griffin to drop the weapon at least 20 times before Giuffre fired two shots. Griffin shouted "I don't want to be here. Shoot me" and "I am Lucifer" during the confrontation.
A massive explosion at a Queens home injured eight NYPD officers responding to a call about an intoxicated man armed with a knife and canisters of an unknown substance. The man forced his way into a basement apartment where his wife, daughter and two grandchildren lived. Officers arrived shortly after the family fled, but were caught in the blast as they approached the door. All people inside the building have been accounted for, though several were hospitalized. The suspect remains unaccounted for and the home collapsed, with neighboring homes also damaged.
A man convicted in the 2024 shooting death of a New York City police officer has been sentenced to 115 years to life in prison
A judge has ruled that a former New York City police sergeant can stay out of jail while he appeals his manslaughter conviction for tossing a picnic cooler at a fleeing suspect who then crashed his motorized scooter and died
