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NYC Man Fatally Shot After Argument With Gunman
Desmond Muller, a 24-year-old Bronx, N.Y., man, was fatally shot after getting into an argument outside a deli, the New York Daily News reports. At 2:55 p.m. Monday, Muller got into an argument with a group of men across the street from his apartment, authorities say. The deli was located on Union Avenue near East 163rd…
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Black Doll Found Hanged in Elevator at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY
A black doll was found hanged from a rope inside an elevator at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., WGRZ reports. Students notified the news station and said that the doll was later taken out of the elevator, only for an image of it to resurface later as a meme online that read, “Trump Fans … Hanging…
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Woman Suspected in 2nd Subway Death in NYC
Melanie Liverpool, 30, admitted during an interrogation Monday that she was linked to a previous deadly subway incident after being suspected of pushing another woman in front of a subway train in New York City, CBS News reports. According to CBS, the New York City Police Department has confirmed that investigators are now taking another…
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NYC Woman Dies After Being Thrown in Front of Subway Train
A 46-year-old Queens, N.Y., woman is dead after being pushed in front of a subway train in Times Square on Monday, the New York City Police Department said. Assistant Chief William Aubry, the commander of Manhattan detectives, told the New York Times that witnesses on the train and the subway platform pointed out the suspect…
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Cops Arrest Ex-Boyfriend in Missing NYC Woman's Death
Authorities have arrested the ex-boyfriend of a missing Queens, N.Y., mother who was found fatally stabbed in her car, the New York City Police Department confirmed Friday, according to the New York Daily News. Qwantrell Gilliam, 41, is facing charges of murder, evidence tampering and criminal possession of a weapon in the case. Dayo Corley,…
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NY Woman Thinks She Won $42,900,000 at Slots, but Casino Says Machine Malfunctioned
Katrina Bookman started making plans when the slot machine she was gambling at flashed a $42.9 million win. “I kept thinking about my family,” Bookman said, according to ABC7. She was going to buy a barbershop for her son and give a big chunk of change back to her community with her apparent jackpot that…
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Missing NYC Woman’s Body Found, Death Ruled a Homicide
Dayo Corley was found dead in the driver’s seat of a black Chevy Equinox in South Jamaica in the Queens borough of New York City, the New York Post reports. The car, which had Florida plates, was found around noon Monday. According to the Post, Corley’s death was deemed a homicide, and there were obvious signs of…
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Autistic NY Black Teen Gets Lost Running 5K, Assaulted by Man Afraid of Getting Mugged
A 15-year-old autistic athlete running a 5K was assaulted by a man who apparently thought the teen was going to rob his wife, the Washington Post reports. Chase Coleman loved being part of his cross-country team, and his mother, Clarice, said that she fully supported his passion. She is thankful that the nearly nonverbal, autistic…
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Former Tuskegee Airman Audley Coulthurst Dies at Age 92
Another former member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen has died. Audley Coulthurst passed away Thursday at a Veterans Affairs facility in Brooklyn, N.Y., after suffering cardiac arrest, his daughter, Audra Coulthurst, said, the Associated Press reports. He was 92. According to the report, Coulthurst enlisted in the Army in 1942, ultimately becoming one of the…
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69-Year-Old Grandmother Punched by Man Outside NYC Deli May Never Fully Recover
The daughter of the 69-year-old grandmother who was knocked unconscious by a man outside a Queens, N.Y., deli is accusing the suspect’s family of hiding him from the police, preventing him from facing the consequences of his alleged actions, the New York Post reports. Marie Gentillon said that her mother’s life will never be the same…