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Home » Shootings

Tag: Shootings

Posted inCrime

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Fort Greene/Clinton Hill

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Overall, crime has stayed at the same level in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, but has increased in Brooklyn as a whole. There was no change in the number of incidents reported to Fort Greene/Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct during the week December 22 to January 2 compared to the same period last year. There have […]

Posted inCrime

17 Brooklyn Youths Charged With 14 Shootings, 4 Murders in Gang Takedown: DA

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader January 4, 2022January 5, 2022
Posted inCrime

Homicides, Shootings and Other Violent Crimes in Brooklyn Showed Overall Decline in 2021

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader December 31, 2021December 31, 2021
Posted inCrime

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Bed-Stuy

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader November 19, 2021November 20, 2021
Posted inCrime

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Bed-Stuy

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader June 4, 2021
Posted inPolicy & Government

New York Mayors Urge State Lawmakers to Pass ‘Critical’ Gun Control Laws

by Anna Bradley-Smith June 2, 2021
gun violence, anti-gun violence, march, protest
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Photos: Elected Leaders and Community Groups March Against Gun Violence in Brooklyn

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader September 14, 2020January 25, 2021
covid-19, BK Reader, NYPD, low-level arrests, broken windows policing, coronavirus epidemic
Posted inCrime, Popular

New Yorkers Protest Violence As Shooting Surge Continues

by Kimberlean Donis July 22, 2020January 28, 2021
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