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A man shot and killed three people — possibly bandmates — early this morning in East Williamsburg before turning the gun on himself.
Police responding to reports of gunfire at 318 Maujer Street, between Waterbury St. and Morgan Ave., found three people shot to death and a shooter dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A fifth person was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition, with a gunshot wound to the arm.
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Outside 103 Clinton this afternoon. (Photo: Kavitha Surana)
A 31-year-old man was shot on the Lower East Side early this morning.
Police believe the shooting, which happened around 4 a.m. at 103 Clinton St., was part of an attempted robbery. The gunshot grazed the victim’s face, and he was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he is expected to survive, police said. The perpetrator, described as a man wearing a brown hoodie, evaded capture and was not arrested.
(Photo: Lauren Carol Smith)
A man was shot in the arm early this morning in Bushwick, the police say.
Scene of the shooting. (Photo: Lauren Carol Smith)
Local elected officials attended an open meeting in Bushwick today, at the site of a shooting in broad daylight on Saturday that left five people hospitalized. Residents, most of them Hispanic, gathered on the sidewalk at Menahan Street and Knickerbocker Ave, holding signs that demanded “Stop Gun Trafficking.”
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Big Snow (Photo: Lauren Carol Smith)
Sad news: on Saturday morning, Bushwick DIY venue Big Snow Buffalo Lodge tweeted that it was “closed for good.” The venue’s co-owner Yoni David now tells Bedford + Bowery that he was “caught in the line of fire” of a shooting outside the venue.
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If you heard helicopters over the East Village last night, here’s why.
An 18-year-old man was fighting for his life after being shot in the face outside of the Jacob Riis Houses, the police said.
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