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Mayhem in Slope
Road rage leads to midday fatal shooting
hopping back into his a white
vehicle and driving off.
More than seven police
cars from the 78th precinct
remained on the scene for over
an hour after the incident, as
a search helicopter patrolled
the skies above.
One witness, referencing
the nearby PS 321 elementary
school, which was littered
with school children,
expressed shock at the unusual
nature of gun violence
in Park Slope.
“I heard the shots, and it
The shooter fired off four rounds into the victim’s Chevy sedan.
sounded like it was firecrackers
or something,” said Allen
Feldman. “You just don’t
want to let yourself think that
that could be what it is.”
According to the nonprofit
gun violence organization
The Trace, there
Photo by Aidan Graham
has not been a single fatal
shooting in the neighborhood
since they began recording
in 2014.
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By Aidan Graham
Brooklyn Paper
A gunman fatally shot a
victim in broad daylight during
a fit of road rage in Park
Slope on March 13, before
fleeing the scene and sending
police on a vast manhunt
through the area.
Officers responded to the
scene near Sixth Avenue and
Garfield Place at around 4:45
pm, where they found the
bloodied 31-year-old victim
with a gunshot wound to
the head in the driver’s seat
of a white Chevy sedan —
which was littered with multiple
bullet holes across the
windshield.
First responders rushed
the wounded man to nearby
Methodist hospital, where he
later died, according to authorities.
Police believe that the
shooter and the victim began
arguing over a trafficrelated
incident, when the suspect
got out of his car and
fired off four rounds into the
victim’s windshield — before
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76TH PRECINCT
Carroll Gardens-Cobble
Hill–Red Hook
Very shellfish
A pilferer dined-anddashed
at a pricey Reed Street
restaurant on March 14.
An employee told police
that the hungry looter ordered
a $54 crab dish from the seafood
restaurant between Conover
and Van Brunt streets
and paid with a faulty debit
card — before leaving the
joint with his food, and the
plate, in hand.
Carjacked
A thief stole a converter
from under a car on Union
Street sometime between
March 11 and March 15.
The victim told police that
the bandit removed the $150
catalytic converter from his
Toyota Prius parked between
Hoyt and Bond streets.
Bike bandit
A burglar stole a bike from
outside a Sullivan Street
school on March 11.
The victim’s father told
police that he had locked his
son’s $100 purple bike outside
his school between Van Brunt
and Richards streets at 8 am,
and the two returned at 6 pm
to find it missing.
Clear-eyed cad
Police are searching for a
bandit who nabbed a pair of
Foster Grants glasses from
a Smith Street pharmacy on
March 12.
An employee told cops that
she saw the thief enter the
store on the corner of Warren
Street just before midnight,
before placing the $27 reading
glasses under his shirt
and leaving the store without
paying.
61ST PRECINCT
Sheepshead Bay—
Homecrest—
Manhattan Beach—
Gravesend
Knife knave
Cops cuffed a suspect for
allegedly robbing a cab driver
of $140 on Ocean Avenue on
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The victim told police that
the suspect allegedly wielded
a knife at the corner of Avenue
Y at around 4:34 pm, before
grabbing the cash.
Police later found the suspect
inside a nearby building
him an arrested him, according
to police.
Cigarette heist
A band of masked thieves
stole $1,380 worth of cigarettes
and phone cards from
a E. 14th Street business on
March 15.
The employee told police
that the looters fled the store
at the corner of Shore Parkway
around 2:55 am in a dark
vehicle, before hopping over
the counter and grabbing the
contraband.
60TH PRECINCT
Coney Island—Brighton
Beach—Seagate
Tide to go
Thieves stole $3,650 in
cash and Tide detergent from
a Mermaid Avenue business
on March 11.
The victim told police that
the crooks broke into the store
near W. 30th at around 9 am,
before making off with the
ill-gotten goods.
Bodega bust
A brute robbed $2,500
from a Neptune Avenue bodega
clerk at gunpoint on
March 9.
The victim told police the
ruffian wielded a firearm inside
the store at the intersection
of Brighton Fourth Street
at around 1:35 am, before
grabbing the cash and fleeing
in a black vehicle.
Gold fiend
Home invaders stole
$12,775 in gold bracelets
and jewelry from a Oceanview
Avenue apartment on
March 9.
The victim told police the
lout broke into the building
between Brighton Sixth and
Brighton Seventh streets at
around 10 am, before grabbing
the gold and running off.
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