An off-duty NYPD officer was shot late Sunday night as he tried to break up a domestic violence dispute in Queens, police said. 

Joseph Koch was leaving a party when an 11-year-old boy came out of a nearby home shouting for help, saying his mother was being assaulted inside, cops said.

The boy’s mother reportedly told police that assailant broke into her apartment and burst into the room where she was with her son. The attacker reportedly began punching the woman in the face repeatedly, knocking her into a wall, she told police.

Cops said her son tried to stop his mother’s alleged attacker but the attacker punched the boy in the face and kocked him to the ground. He turned back to the boy’s mother and continued punching and kicking her in her face, head and body, police said.

That is apparently when the boy ran for help, encountering Koch.

The boy’s mother told police that Koch appeared in the doorway. She said she recognized he was a police officer because he had his gun drawn and she could see his badge.

The victim said that Koch told her assailant to stop and put his hands up, but the assailant lunged at the officer, attacking him.

The two struggled for the gun and three shots were fired, police said.

Koch was struck once in his left hand and the suspect was struck once in the lower abdomen. No one else was shot. Both Koch and the suspect were taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition. The domestic violence victim was also taken to Jamaica Hospital where she was treated for a laceration to the head, cops said.

The suspect, who has been identified as Jose Bernazard, 40, has been arrested and charged with five counts of assault, five counts of criminal contempt, aggravated harassment, burglary, endangering the welfare of a child, and resisting arrest.

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Police have arrested a teenager in connection with the shooting that wounded a 9-year-old girl who was playing outside her home in the Bronx on Friday night.

Billie James, 17, has been charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon.

Meanwhile, the young victim was released from the hospital Sunday, the New York Post reported.

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A 9-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet in the Bronx on Friday night, police reported.

About 9:20 p.m., a suspect on a bicycle fired several shots, cops said. Police said the girl was outside her house playing when she was shot in the torso.

The victim was taken to the North Central Bronx Hospital and then transported to Jacobi Hospital in stable condition, cops said.

The NYPD is asking that anyone with information regarding this shooting call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). All calls are confidential.

A $2,000 reward is being offered by Crime Stoppers for any information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person responsible for this shooting. An additional $10,000 is being offered by the NYPD, and another $10,000 by the mayor’s office, for information leading to the shooter’s arrest and conviction.

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Police are investigating the death of a 26-year-old man gunned down in Brooklyn on Sunday night, police said.

Cops responded to the call at about 9:10 p.m. in the vicinity of Elton Street and New Lots Avenue in East New York. The victim had a gunshot wound to his neck, police said. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No arrests have been made. The victim’s identity has not yet been released.

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UPDATE: The suspect who allegedly shot a police officer in the foot at Harlem Hospital Monday morning has been officially arrested and charged, the NYPD reported Monday night.

Guyteau Idore, 42, was charged with attempted murder, robbery, and assault.

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A police officer was shot this morning during a struggle with a man he had just taken into custody, and an EMT apparently came to the rescue, according to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. 

At a press conference at Harlem Hospital on Monday morning, Kelly described how the shooting occurred.

Police responded to a 4:44 a.m. 911 call reporting an assault in progress at 117th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, Kelly said. The caller reported that the alleged assailant had been throwing bottles and had assaulted another individual in the street.

Kelly said the responding officers, Fausto Gomez and John Chiodi, determined that the alleged assailant, identified by police as Guiteau Idore, 42, was emotionally unstable. They were able to handcuff him and load him into an ambulance manned by EMT Brandon Hernandez, Kelly said.

Kelly said Chiodi accompanied Idore and Hernandez in the ambulance for psychiatric evaluation at Harlem Hospital. Gomez followed in a marked patrol car.

When the ambulance arrived at Harlem Hospital and Chiodi attempted to unload Idore from the ambulance and walk him up the emergency room loading ramp, Idore began to struggle and attempted to flee, Kelly said.

Gomez and Chiodi reportedly grabbed onto Idore and were on either side of him when they reached the top of the ramp, Kelly said. Despite being handcuffed behind his back, Idore was somehow able to remove Chiodi’s service weapon from his belt and fire it twice, grazing Gomez’s left foot once.

EMT Hernandez leapt into action, according to Kelly’s report, and managed to wrest the gun from Idore’s hand and ”racked it, to make it safe,” according to Kelly.

An NYPD spokesperson explained this as moving the top slide portion of the gun to the rear, locking it in place and making it impossible to fire unless racked a second time.

“He did an outstanding job,” Kelly said.

Idore was removed to Metropolitan Hospital for psychiatric evaluation, Kelly said. He allegedly has “extensive arrest history, including assault, menacing and numerous domestic violence incidents.”

According to Kelly, Hernandez has aspirations of becoming an NYPD cop.

“He certainly demonstrated that he has what it takes to do the job,” Kelly said.

EMT Brandon Hernandez, far left, is pictured with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Hernandez’s partner EMT Jean Altidor, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Credit: NYPD

Gomez was in good condition and reportedly about to be released at the time of Kelly’s remarks.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg was also at the hospital to speak with Gomez and his family.

“Because his injury wasn’t that serious, it was a lot easier to have that kind of conversation than sometimes when the officer is injured much more seriously,” Bloomberg said.

According to Bloomberg, the NYPD gets thousands of calls reporting emotionally disturbed persons yearly.

“These interactions involve plenty of risk and unpredictable behavior,” Bloomberg said. “This morning’s incident is another example, I think, of the dangers our officers face every day and the incredible restraint that they demonstrate.”

Bloomberg said 12 officers were shot in the line of duty last year.

Officer John Chiodi of the 25th Precinct, left, and Officer Fausto Gomez, who was shot in the foot this morning at Harlem Hospital. Credit: NYPD

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Gunshots were fired at Santa Monica College west of Los Angeles on Friday, leaving an unspecified number of people injured, and a suspect was taken into custody, police said.

Santa Monica police spokesman Richard Lewis said no further information was immediately available on the shooting.

But a spokeswoman for the California Highway Patrol told Los Angeles television station KCBS that the CHP had received a report of a man armed with several guns shooting into traffic and at a bus.

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The man who allegedly shot and killed a 14-year-old Queens girl as she was riding a city bus was caught in South Carolina and arrested, the Queens District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday.

Kevin McClinton, 21, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of D’aja Robinson on May 18.

Robinson was sitting near the rear of a Q6 bus in Jamaica on her way home from a Sweet 16 party when McClinton allegedly fired multiple shots toward the bus, aiming for another individual. One of the bullets pierced the window and struck Robinson in the neck. She was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to a statement from the D.A.’s office.

“The death of this young, talented 14-year-old is a senseless tragedy and another painful example of the mindless gun-related violence that too often takes innocent lives,” District Attorney Richard Brown said.

McClinton will be extradited to New York. He is also charged with reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon. He faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

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Police shot and wounded a man who had attacked at least one person with a heavy metal link chain in East Harlem on Tuesday evening, authorities said. 

After striking one victim with the chain, the unidentified man lunged at a uniformed Housing officer at about 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday at the entrance of a women’s apparel store at 1870 Third Ave. near 102nd Street, police said.

The man continued to threaten the officer despite repeated commands to drop the chain. When the officer came within five feet of the suspect, he swung the chain at him. The officer responded by shooting him once in the abdomen. The suspect fell backward but soon got back up on his feet and began to lunge toward the officers again.

He was sprayed twice with pepper spray to no apparent effect, cops said. He was finally restrained when a group of officers surrounded him, brought him to the ground, disarmed him and took him into custody. The man was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition Tuesday night.

The man did not have any identification on him and his fingerprints produced no results, police said.

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The suspect who allegedly shot three people on Sunday and fired at police officers has been arrested, police said. 

Kevon Brown, 29, was charged with attempted murder and assault on Monday.

Cops say two Impact officers approached an alley at 39 Lenox Road on Sunday afternoon at 3:24 p.m., when they observed Brown with two other men. Brown allegedly pulled out a gun and shot one of the men, a 25-year-old, several times, and then turned around and fired in the direction of the officers.

The officers took cover behind an unoccupied car parked in the alley, cops said. Neither was hit and they did not return fire.

Brown allegedly fled around the back of 39 Lenox Road and ran into the second of the two men he had been seen with in the alley. He shot that man, 42, several times as well, cops said.

Cops say Brown then fled toward 50 Lenox Road, where he ran into a third man, 24, and shot him once in the neck.

He escaped into 70 Lenox Road, exited onto Caton Avenue and then broke into 2201 Caton Ave., cops say. He ran onto the roof, jumped onto a balcony at 2217 Caton Ave. and broke into the apartment there.

The tenant was not home, cops said. The Emergency Service Unit and K-9 officers searched the apartment, the rest of the building and the surrounding areas in their pursuit of Brown.

The 42-year-old victim is in critical condition, and the other two are stable, police said. All three men reportedly knew Brown prior to the shootings. Police said his motives are not yet known, though he has made statements to investigators implicating himself.

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In response to the more than two dozen shootings in the city this weekend, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced on Monday that police resources will be added to help suppress further violence, including additional uniformed officers in housing developments, more plainclothes officers in anti-crime units and the deployment of surveillance towers in the vicinity of the shootings.

A total of 26 people were shot between Friday night and Sunday — seven of them fatally, according to the NYPD. Three of the non-fatal shooting victims were under the age of 16, police said.

The Warrants Division in the precincts that had multiple shootings will be focusing on arresting any individuals wanted on outstanding warrants, Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said in a statement. Investigators are also monitoring gang activity for any evidence of planned retaliation for the shootings over the weekend.

This weekend’s shootings include 11-year-old Tayloni Mazyck, who is reportedly paralyzed after she was shot by a stray bullet in Bed-Stuy on Friday, a 15-year-old girl shot in the leg in the Bronx on Saturday, and three men shot by a gunman in Prospect Lefferts Garden in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon.

Gun violence is still down in the city, Browne noted. Homicides are down 24 percent year-to-date, shooting incidents are down 27 percent, and the number of people shot has declined by 29 percent so far this year compared to the same period last year.

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A 15-year-old Bronx girl was shot in the leg Saturday night as she ran to save a toddler’s life, The Daily News reports.

Sarah Riviera was standing outside her apartment building on Kelly Street near Westchester Avenue about 10:30 p.m. when she heard multiple gunshots. As several people ran for cover, Riviera spotted a toddler in a stroller and ran to push the tot to safety.

“Everybody started running, so I went to grab the carriage,” Riviera told the News. “As I pushed it, the bullet hit me.”

The teen was shot in the leg and taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, police said.

Witnesses said the baby’s father tied his shirt around Riviera’s leg until help arrived. Doctors expect Riviera to make a full recovery.

Meanwhile, cops are searching for 23-year-old Raheem Simon, who they say is responsible for firing the gun. Simon is described as a black male, 5-foot-8 and weighing 185 lbs.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then entering TIP577.

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UPDATE: A law enforcement source reports that cops saw a man who they believe is the suspect wanted in connection with Sunday’s shooting coming out of 2038 Bedford Ave. The suspect was taken into custody without a struggle and is being transported to the 70th Precinct for questioning.

UPDATE: Cops are searching for a 30-year-old man they say is responsible for shooting three men and firing at police officers in Brooklyn on Sunday.

Kevon Brown allegedly fired the shots that wounded three men in Prospect Lefferts Garden. The police officers were not struck during the shooting and they did not fire back, cops said.

Two of the men were shot outside 33 Lenox Rd., and a third victim was shot outside 50 Lenox Rd. around 3:25 p.m., police said.

Brown is described as 5-foot-10, weighing 185 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, and wearing a white T-shirt and multicolored shorts.

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Police are reporting a shooting at 50 Lenox Road in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. Three men were shot, and the shooter allegedly fired on uniformed police officers who responded to the scene.

Cops said two males were shot in the torso and a third was shot in the neck. All are being treated at Kings County Hospital; their injuries are not expected to be fatal, though a police spokesperson said “none of them are in good shape.”

Uniformed officers responding to a 911 call of shots fired arrived on scene and spoke with the alleged shooter, a police spokesperson said. It could not be confirmed at this time whether the officers pointed their firearms at the suspected shooter.

The alleged shooter reportedly fired several rounds at the uniformed officers. None of the officers were hit or injured, and the alleged shooter fled on foot in an unknown direction, cops said.

A police spokesperson reported that none of the officers discharged their weapons.

He is still being actively sought in the Lefferts Garden area of Brooklyn.

A police spokesperson refuted claims that one of the victims was a 4-year-old boy. While their exact ages are not yet known, the spokesperson said the youngest victim is a teenager.

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An 11-year-old girl was shot in the neck in Bed-Stuy on Friday night, police reported.

Police made an arrest shortly after. The arrested suspect has been identified as 17-year-old Kane Cooper, whose listed address is a block away from the site of the shooting, according to police reports.

Cops said the girl was shot in front of 600 Gates Avenue.  The shooter was reportedly aiming for two men standing in front of 590 Gates Avenue, when the girl reportedly walked out the door of 600 Gates Avenue and into the line of fire.

She underwent surgery at Kings County Hospital and is now recovering in stable condition at Columbia University Hospital, cops said. While police said they could not confirm, the New York Daily News reported that the bullet severed her spine, leaving her permanently paralyzed. 

She was reportedly standing with her grandmother and seven-month-old niece when she was shot.

Cops tracked the suspect using video footage from a nearby camera, after the Anti-Crime Team recognized him on the video. The Anti-Crime Team canvassed the area and caught the suspect at the corner of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Madison Street, cops said. He was taken into custody, arrested, and charged with attempted murder in the second degree, assault, criminal use of a firearm, and reckless endangerment.  

A police spokesperson said that Cooper is not listed in their database as a gang member or crew member “of any sort,” but cautioned that does not necessarily mean that he is definitively not involved in a gang or crew. However, the spokesperson said that as of now, “as far as the narrative from this event, it’s some sort of dispute” between people in the neighborhood.

Cooper has six prior arrests, including one for criminal possession of a loaded firearm when he was sixteen, according to the spokesperson. Police have not yet recovered a weapon in connection to this incident.

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Police have identified a suspect in the deadly shooting of a 14-year-old Queens girl on a city bus earlier this month.

Kevin McClinton, 21, allegedly fired multiple shots at a Q6 bus near Sutphin Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard in Queens on the night of May 18.

Daja Robinson was riding the bus on her way home from a Sweet 16 party when she was shot in the head and killed.

Police have said that the shooting was gang related and that Robinson was not the target.

McClinton is described as 5-foot-10, 160 pounds, with dreadlocks.

Anyone with information in regards to this homicide or the whereabouts of Kevin McClinton is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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A man is dead and a woman wounded after a shooting erupted outside a nightclub in Brooklyn early Monday morning. 

The man, 31, and the woman, 26, were shot in front of 1552 Ralph Ave. in Canarsie at approximately 2:15 a.m., police said.

Initially police said the woman, who sustained a gunshot wound to her knee, was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition. However, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly later reported that the woman was still at the hospital in critical condition.

The man had been shot several times,  Kelly said. He was taken to Kings County Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

Kelly said that 14 9mm shell casings were found at the scene. The police believe the shooting stemmed from a dispute that started inside the club.

No arrests have been made, and Kelly said it’s “too early to say” who the police are looking for, but the investigation is moving forward. As of now, police believe the two victims did not know each other. It is not know whether either of them was involved in the dispute.

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A 21-year-old man was found shot to death in the Fleetwood-Concourse Village section of the Bronx on Monday night, police said.

Police responded to a call about a person shot shortly after 10 p.m. in front of an apartment building located at 287 E. 162nd St., cops said. They discovered Marcos Cabral with two gunshot wounds to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. Cabral lived just a few blocks away from where he was killed.

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Following the murder of a 32-year-old man on Friday night in Manhattan, local officials and gay rights groups will rally Monday night to demand an end to hate crimes.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other elected officials will join LGBT groups and other community members to march to the site of Friday’s shooting and denounce hate violence.

Marc Carson, 32, was shot and killed in the West Village at about midnight on Friday. The suspected gunman, 33-year-old Elliott Morales, allegedly shouted anti-gay slurs at Carson before pulling out a gun and shooting him in the face near the corner of West Eighth Street and Sixth Avenue.

Friday’s shooting follows a recent uptick in anti-gay hate crimes in the city. Two men were attacked by a group of men who hurled anti-gay remarks at them near Madison Square Garden earlier this month.

A march will begin Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the LGBT Center located at 208 W. 13th St. and end at the corner of Eighth Street and Sixth Avenue. A rally will follow at 6 p.m.

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A 14-year-old girl was killed by an unknown gunman Saturday night as she rode an M.T.A. bus in Queens, police said.

Daja Robinson had just boarded the Q6 bus at Sutphin Blvd. and Rockaway Blvd. on her way home from a friend’s Sweet 16 party when gunfire erupted outside. One of the bullets passed through the window and struck her in the head.

Robinson was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where she was pronounced dead just after 9 p.m.

Two teenage female friends of the victim were on the bus with her at the time of the shooting. They told investigators they had left a birthday party at the nearby Onyx Lounge prior to boarding the Q6 and that there had been no disputes or arguments that might have led to violence.

Nine .40-cal shells were recovered outside of the bus, which was shot several times, police said.

No arrests have been made.

Danielle Tcholakian contributed reporting.

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She posed as the heartbroken aunt of a murdered child.

Cops accuse a 37-year-old Bronx woman of fraudulently collecting money she said would help victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, but that instead went to her pockets.

Bronx district Attorney Robert Johnson announced today that he indicted Nouel Alba for fraud and identity theft.

Cops arrested Alba this morning after a five-month investigation, officials said.

Prosecutors say Alba used Facebook to collect cash, posting photographs of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, a victim of the attack.

Alba said she was his aunt and asked for donations to help pay for his funeral, prosecutors allege.

Ultimately, she received about $240 within the week after the attack, sent to a Paypal account designated by Facebook.

Alba could face up to four years in jail.

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Authorities are holding a Toms River, N.J., gun owner responsible after his 4-year-old son accidentally shot and killed a 6-year-old neighbor outside their home last month.

Anthony Senatore, 33, was arrested Monday night in nearby Bayville by investigators with the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, which is handling the Ocean County investigation, Toms River Patch reports.

Senatore is charged with five counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of children and one count of third-degree endangering the welfare of children. He is also charged with a disorderly persons offense for enabling access by minors to a loaded firearm, according to Patch.com.

Authorities say Senatore’s 4-year-old son accidentally shot and killed 6-year-old Brandon Holt with a .22-caliber rifle he found inside his home as the two boys played on the evening of April 8.

Investigators recovered a total of five firearms from Senatore’s home while investigating the shooting, including the .22-caliber rifle. Each allegedly unsecured weapon drew a second-degree count of endangering the welfare of children.

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The parents of a teenager shot and killed by police earlier this year are expected to file a notice of claim Wednesday, informing the city that they intend to file a wrongful-death lawsuit that alleges cops used excessive force in the shooting that killed their son, The Daily News reports.

Family lawyer Kenneth Montgomery says he can prove that police officers left 16-year-old Kimani Gray to die in East Flatbush on March 9.

Gray was left on the pavement and received no medical attention for 15 minutes, Montgomery told The News.

Two plainclothes police officers shot Gray after the teen pointed a .38-caliber handgun at them, according to police. He was hit by seven bullets. Gray’s death set off a series of riots and protests in the neighborhood in the days following the shooting.

The city’s Law Department declined to comment because it has not seen the notice of claim.

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Two men involved in the botched robbery that ended with the shooting death of NYPD officer Peter Figoski are set to go on trial this week, the Daily News reports.

Nelson Morales, 28, and Kevin Santos, 32, and three other men attempted to rob a Brooklyn drug dealer in December 2011 before they were interrupted by police. When Figoski, 44, responded to the scene, he was shot and killed by Lamont Pride.

Pride was convicted in February and sentenced to 45 years to life. Michael Velez, the getaway driver in the case, was acquitted of all charges.

Morales was in the news again this March after he sued the city, claiming he was permanently injured when a Department of Corrections bus crashed into another bus on Rikers Island in January of 2012.

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Police are investigating a shooting that injured five people in Newark late Thursday night.

Multiple shots were fired at approximately 10 p.m. in the city’s South Ward, according to the Associated Press.

Among the victims was a 10-year-old girl, according to various news reports. The victims were listed in stable condition Thursday night.

No arrests have been made and it is not clear what led to the shooting. The investigation is ongoing.

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A shootout erupted in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn Monday night when a suspect opened fire on police officers, the New York Post reports.

Cops were investigating the shooting of two teens when the suspect shot at them at approximately 10 p.m. The police officers fired back, but no one was hit.

The suspect then ran through Lincoln Terrace Park near Brownsville, leading to a chase that involved a police helicopter and mobile command unit, the Post reports.

The gunman was wearing baggy black pants and a black hoodie. It was not clear if the suspect was caught as of Tuesday morning.

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Police are searching for a suspect who shot and injured two men in Brooklyn last month.

The victims were walking in the vicinity of Van Buren Street and Throop Avenue in Bed-Stuy about 10:20 p.m. on March 20 when they got into a verbal dispute with a group of unknown males, cops said. The suspect took out a gun and fired it several times. The first victim sustained a gunshot wound to the leg, and the second victim sustained gunshot wounds to the arm and buttocks. Both victims were taken to an area hospital and were listed in stable condition.

Police released a surveillance video that shows the suspect firing shots and then fleeing the scene.

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The suspect is described as a black male, about 19 or 20 years old, with light skin and long braids.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crimestoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.

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A 28-year-old man was shot to death in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn on Monday night, cops said.

Police responded to the call of a male shot inside 9 Bradford St. shortly after 11 p.m. Officers found the victim suffering from two gunshot wounds to his torso and one to his arm. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

No arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing.

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Police have arrested a suspect who allegedly shot and killed a Bronx man in broad daylight Thursday.

Gregory Forbes, 24, has been charged with the killing of 28-year-old Mario Thomas, cops said.

Police officers responded to the call about a man shot about 2 p.m. at 731 E. 161st St. in Morrisania. They discovered Thomas with a gunshot wound to his head. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

A dozen bullets were fired by multiple gunmen during the shootout that took place in a courtyard, DNAinfo.com reports.

Forbes also faces charges of criminal use of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon.

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UPDATE: Police said Friday that the suspect was struck one time in the right hand, not in the left hand and buttock as they reported earlier.

Cops said they arrested Shaquille Reid, 20, and charged him with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.

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A 20-year-old man was shot by two plainclothes police officers in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn on Thursday evening after he fired at them, cops said.

A police detective and officer from Brooklyn South Narcotics were performing a buy-and-bust operation near 298 Grafton St. around 6 p.m. when they saw the suspect pull out a gun. The officers got out of an unmarked car and began to approach the suspect, who then began firing his Colt .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun at them.

Civilian witnesses heard the cops say “stop” and “get down,” according to the NYPD.

The officers returned fire, striking the suspect in the left hand and buttock, according to police. The suspect was taken to Brookdale Hospital and is in stable condition. Charges against him are pending and the investigation is ongoing.

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The mother of the teen shot to death by two police officers this month is demanding an independent investigation into the shooting.

Carol Gray, mother of 16-year-old Kimani Gray, said Wednesday evening that she and her family are not pleased with the investigation and want an independent probe, The Daily News reported.

Kimani was shot by cops after he pointed a .38 caliber revolver at them, according to police reports. But Gray’s family and friends do not believe the teen had a gun.

Gray and her lawyer were joined by City Councilman Charles Barron outside the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office Wednesday evening.

No witnesses saw Kimani with a gun, Barron said. The councilman demanded the officers be indicted and convicted. The cops involved in the shooting had been sued in the past for civil rights violations.

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The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police officers this weekend said that she does not condone the nightly protests against her son’s death, but said she demands that the two cops who shot her son be taken off the streets. 

Carol Gray called for peace on Thursday after three nights of violent protests in the East Flatbush neighborhood. She said she just wants justice for the two officers responsible for her son’s death “before they hurt another kid,” The Daily News reported.

Kimani Gray was shot and killed by two police officers Saturday night after he pointed a gun at them, according to police reports. Some local residents and even some people from outside the community have been outraged over the teen’s death, saying they do not believe he had a gun in his hands.

The cops involved were identified as Sgt. Mourad Mourad, 30, and Officer Jovaniel Cordova, 26, The News reported. According to police reports, Kimani pulled out a .38-caliber revolver and pointed it at Cordova, and then at Mourad, and then back at Cordova. The officers shot Gray a total of seven times.

The neighborhood protests have resulted in dozens of arrests. Dozens gathered again Thursday, but it was calm.

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Following a third night of unrest during what was meant to be a vigil for 16-year-old Kimani Gray, shot by cops last weekend after reportedly pointing a .38 caliber gun at them, local City Councilman Jumaane Williams held another press conference Thursday afternoon with other community leaders, asking the public to respect the wishes of Gray’s family and maintain peaceful protests and marches, but abstain from further violence.

After repeated calls via Twitter at the height of last night’s violence for outsiders to leave the community alone, Councilman Jumaane Williams again requested that “outsiders” abstain from rallying youth to action without proper training and strategy, but said that he believes those outsiders are well-intentioned, and welcomed them.

“I think they’re concerned and want to help,” Williams said. “I just want to make sure that our young people’s anger is channeled productively.”

“We want you, but be constructive; don’t endanger our kids,” he added.

Williams refused to identify who he sees as “outsiders,” asserting that doing so would be counterproductive. He also asked that the community withhold comment on either side until a thorough investigation has been completed.

The sisters of Shantal Davis, an unarmed woman killed by police last June, spoke as well, urging the community to attend meetings they hold on Monday at 39th Street and Church Avenue.

Other speakers mentioned Williams’ efforts to find a location in the neighborhood to establish a community center.

Gray’s father stood by Councilman Williams, but chose not to speak. Speaking on his behalf, Williams told the crowd the elder Gray was “not happy with the violence occurring,” but wanted peaceful, organized marches and protests.

A man who identified himself as a former member of the Bloods gang said he came from “the same thing Kimani came from.”

He called the police murderers, noting that Gray was shot three times in the back.

According to the autopsy report, Gray was shot a total of seven times. Three shots were to his back.

The repeated theme, from clergy, community members, and elected representatives, was that action was needed, but it must be organized. Williams lamented the handful of youth who “unknowingly violated parole last night,” using this as an example of the negative consequences of inciting youth to action without properly informing them of consequences.

As the crowd disbanded, a young man began to shout at nearby police, calling them “occupiers.”

“This is Palestine!” the young man cried. “And last night was Syria!”

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