Ethan Williams, who had long dreamed of moving to New York, became another victim of the wave of gun violence that has shaken the city. Source: New York Times
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6 Are Shot in Brooklyn as N.Y.C.’s Summer of Violence Spills Into Fall
By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2020
Shootings that plagued the city for most of the summer have not abated, and some city leaders question whether the police have backed off enforcement. Source: New York Times
Two Children Killed in Trenton, Where Violence Is Surging
By Gotham Rex on October 21, 2020
Killings in New Jersey’s capital city have more than doubled since last year, officials said. Source: New York Times
Subways Are Less Busy and Less Safe
By Gotham Rex on October 12, 2020
Violent crime has risen in the pandemic, as criminals may be emboldened if they’re targeting the only person on a car or platform. Source: New York Times
Judge Orders New Trial for Gigi Jordan in Son’s Killing
By Gotham Rex on September 25, 2020
Ms. Jordan was found guilty of manslaughter for poisoning her 8-year-old son, but a federal judge ruled that her right to a public trial had been violated. Source: New York Times
Shooting in Rochester Leaves 2 Dead and Over a Dozen Injured
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2020
The violence was the latest trouble for a city where law enforcement has come under scrutiny over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, a Black man, in police custody. Source: New York Times
36 Years Later, Police Arrest Suspect in Rape and Killing of a 14-Year-Old
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2020
Using DNA evidence, the authorities in Rochester, N.Y., said that they had charged Timothy L. Williams of Melbourne, Fla., with murdering Wendy Jerome on Thanksgiving Day in 1984. Source: New York Times
15-Year-Old Is Charged in Shooting of Child and 4 Others at J’Ouvert
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2020
The teenager walked with revelers for several blocks before opening fire, an official said. A 6-year-old boy and his mother were among the wounded. Source: New York Times
6-Year-Old and 4 Others Are Shot at J’Ouvert Celebration in Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on September 7, 2020
The boy’s wounds were not life-threatening, officials said, but the violence once again marred the pre-dawn West Indian American Day celebration. Source: New York Times
He Turned His Life Around. Then a Gunman Showed Up at His Church.
By Gotham Rex on September 7, 2020
The church helped him have a second chance at life. Two decades later, Edward James, 62, was killed trying to help another man do the same. Source: New York Times
Black Man Died of Suffocation After Officers Put Hood on Him
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
Relatives of the man, Daniel Prude, said the police officers involved in his death in March in Rochester, N.Y., should be charged with murder. Source: New York Times
A Violent August in N.Y.C.: Shootings Double, and Murder Is Up by 50%
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
The city recorded 242 shootings in August, up from 91 last year, continuing a summer spike in gun violence that has become an issue in the presidential race. Source: New York Times
Black Man, Daniel Prude, Dies of Suffocation After Officers Put Hood on Him, Family Says
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
Relatives of the man, Daniel Prude, said the police officers involved in his death in March in Rochester, N.Y., should be charged with murder. Source: New York Times
Sophia Farrar Dies at 92; Belied Indifference to Kitty Genovese Attack
By Gotham Rex on September 2, 2020
For decades, the conventional narrative that defined urban anomie overlooked a good Samaritan who heeded a dying woman’s cries for help. Source: New York Times
Hot 97 Fires Rap Radio Veteran for Ties to Yusuf Hawkins Killing
By Gotham Rex on August 25, 2020
Employees of the radio station said they were shocked to see a colleague known as Paddy Duke in a new HBO documentary about the racist murder of a Brooklyn teenager in 1989. Source: New York Times