Days after gunman killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO, police push to ID him and FBI offers reward
Read full article: Days after gunman killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO, police push to ID him and FBI offers rewardNearly four days after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, police still do not know the gunmanโs name or whereabouts or have a motive for the killing.
Grand jury indicts suspect in Brooklyn subway mass shooting
Read full article: Grand jury indicts suspect in Brooklyn subway mass shootingA federal grand jury has indicted a man suspected of shooting up a New York City subway train last month โ an attack that wounded 10 people and rattled a city grappling with a rise in violent crime.
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9,000 NYC workers on leave as vaccine mandate takes effect
Read full article: 9,000 NYC workers on leave as vaccine mandate takes effectAbout 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday and thousands of city firefighters have called out sick in an apparent protest over the requirement.
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Arrest in hit-and-run death of 'Gone Girl' actor Lisa Banes
Read full article: Arrest in hit-and-run death of 'Gone Girl' actor Lisa BanesPolice say the rider of an unlicensed electric scooter involved in the hit-and-run death of โGone Girlโ actor Lisa Banes was well aware he hit her and fled to a repair shop afterward seeking to fix damages on the vehicle.
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NYPD officer in 'chokehold' video had prior brutality case
Read full article: NYPD officer in 'chokehold' video had prior brutality caseIn this photo taken from police body cam video, New York Police officers arrest a man on a boardwalk Sunday, June 21, 2020, in New York. The police department moved quickly to suspend Officer David Afanador without pay after Sunday's confrontation on the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach in Queens. In that case, Afanador was seen on video using his gun to hit a 16-year-old boy during a marijuana bust. I put out the body camera footage yesterday and I think it tells a very different story than the initial video, Shea said. The speed with which the NYPD suspended Afanador stood in sharp contrast to the drawn-out police disciplinary process of years past.

NYPD officers buy shoplifter groceries instead of arresting her
Read full article: NYPD officers buy shoplifter groceries instead of arresting herNEW YORK - When New York City Police officers saw a woman accused of shoplifting at a Manhattan Whole Foods store on Thursday, they didn't arrest her; instead, they paid for her meal. A store security guard asked three officers on a break from patrol Thursday to confront a woman who was suspected of shoplifting. "We'll pay for her food," Sojo said, to the surprise of the security guard and passersby. "I can imagine if I were standing there with a security guard, I'd assume the worst," said local documentary filmmaker Paul Bozymowski, who shared the photo on Twitter. Neither the Whole Foods store nor its corporate office responded to a request for comment.