Tag: gun-violence

Cold case homicide: Queens DA seeks public help in solving 2020 murder of correction officer

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Feb. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday the release of surveillance video of the cold case murder of an off-duty Rikers Island correction officer in Springfield Gardens more than four years ago. During the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2020, 28-year-old NYC Correction Officer John Jeff was…

Queens man shot and critically injured after robber smashes way into home: NYPD

Police stand outside the Flushing, Queens home where a man was shot and critically injured during an apparent robbery on Oct. 18, 2023.

Oct. 18, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki A Queens man is fighting for his life after being shot during an apparent home invasion robbery early on Wednesday morning. Police are looking for as many as eight masked marauders involved in the dramatic pre-dawn caper, which took place at about 5:39 a.m. on Oct. 18 on…