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Buffalo man kills girlfriend, holds children hostage before turning gun on self
Buffalo, NY – A 29-year-old man apparently shot his 21-year-old girlfriend to death late Tuesday night and then held police at bay for four hours with three young children in the house, before he shot and critically wounded himself, Buffalo police say. The standoff, which occurred in the 300 block of Millicent Avenue, began just [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Gun slay of homeless teen marks deadly night in city
A Harlem teen trying to turn his life around was gunned down during a street fight, one of three murders across the city before the sun rose Sunday, police said. Cory Squire, 17, was tossed out of his Harlem home by his fed-up mother last year but was looking for work and had been pleading [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Suspect quickly captured in parking lot shooting death
Buffalo, New York – A 37-year-old Buffalo man was shot several times early this morning near a Broadway parking lot and was later pronounced dead in Erie County Medical Center. Buffalo police quickly apprehended a suspect, Timothy Sanders, 29, of May Street, near the scene. The shooting was the 16th homicide in Buffalo this year. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Man shot to death on Poughkeepsie Street by another resident
POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Shanta Gaines, 27, was found shot at 195 Mill Street at the corner of North Bridge and Mill shortly after 12:30 p.m. He was found lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his upper body and was pronounced dead about a half hour later at St. Francis Hospital in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Teen charged in the shooting death of a man in nearby neighborhood
Buffalo, NY – Buffalo homicide detectives have arrested a teenager who they say shot to death a Kenmore man Wednesday in the city’s Riverside section. Jerome Thagard, 16, of Philadelphia Street was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Steven Northrup, 31, of West Girard Avenue, Kenmore. J. Richards, chief of detectives. Northrup’s body [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )19-year-old man shot dead by accident as friend shows off gun
Bronx, New York City – Investigators believe a 19-year-old Bronx man was accidentally shot to death Sunday by a friend who was showing off his handgun, police sources said. Juan Acevedo took a bullet to the chest as he was hanging out with pals in an apartment just two blocks from the new Yankee Stadium, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gunman killed 13 people
April 3. Binghamton, New York – A gunman killed 13 people at an immigrant counselling centre where many of his victims were studying to become US citizens. The carnage at the American Civic Association, a language and help centre for immigrants settled in New York state, had all the hallmarks of being premeditated. The gunman [...]
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