The founding member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, was convicted of manslaughter in the death of a homeless man. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides”
Shootings Rise in New York, Coloring Perceptions of City’s Safety
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2022
Homicides were down in the first quarter, but the statistics don’t stem anxiety that the city might be regressing to a violent past. Source: New York Times
Woman Is Fatally Shot in Bronx Crossfire
By Gotham Rex on April 5, 2022
Two groups of men had been arguing nearby with guns drawn when the 61-year-old woman was shot in the back, the police said. Source: New York Times
New York Mob Hit Man Escapes Federal Custody, Officials Say
By Gotham Rex on April 1, 2022
With less than a year before he would likely be released, Dominic Taddeo did not return to a halfway house in Florida earlier this week, officials said. Source: New York Times
Man Who Police Say Used Tinder to Hunt Women Is Charged With Murder
By Gotham Rex on April 1, 2022
Danueal Drayton raped and strangled Samantha Stewart in 2018, prosecutors say. He was free on bail at the time because of a paperwork mix-up. Source: New York Times
Boy, 12, Is Fatally Shot in a Parked Car in Brooklyn, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on April 1, 2022
The boy was the latest child to be caught in the crossfire of a surge in shootings that has plagued New York City since the pandemic began. Source: New York Times
He’s Been a Killer and a Mob Associate. Is He a Hit Man?
By Gotham Rex on March 24, 2022
George Bratsenis appears in a New Jersey court today to enter a plea in a murder-for-hire case. Source: New York Times
A Columbia Professor Takes the University to Task Over Rankings
By Gotham Rex on March 23, 2022
Michael Thaddeus, a math teacher, doesn’t think the Ivy League college deserves its No. 2 spot on the U.S. News list. Source: New York Times
Mom, Boyfriend Charged in Death of 8-Year-Old Autistic Boy in the Bronx
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2022
Joseph Barney’s mother and her boyfriend were arrested after the medical examiner’s office said the boy died from battered child syndrome. Source: New York Times
Behind the Killings of Homeless Men, Portraits of 3 Lives Derailed
By Gotham Rex on March 21, 2022
Before their lives violently intersected, two men who were shot to death and the man the police believe killed them had all fought the same scourge: severe mental illness. Source: New York Times
Chilling New Details Emerge of Shooting Spree Targeting Homeless Men
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
Prosecutors paint a disturbing picture of a man who they said was on a murderous rampage against the most vulnerable. Source: New York Times
Client Charged in Fatal Stabbing of Lawyer, a Tiananmen Activist
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
Jim Li had fought for democracy in China and often worked pro bono. He died in his Queens office after an irate client stabbed him, the police said. Source: New York Times
The Fear Factor and Crime in New York
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
Recent arrests of mentally ill people in highly publicized violent crimes have unsettled New Yorkers. Source: New York Times
Suspect in Shootings of 5 Homeless Men Arrested in Washington, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on March 15, 2022
Two law enforcement officials identified the suspect as Gerald Brevard III, a 30-year-old Washington man with a history of assault charges and mental illness. Source: New York Times
Man Hit Woman in the Head 125 Times Because She Was Asian, Officials Say
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
A man has been charged with attempted murder as a hate crime after a vicious assault in Yonkers, N.Y., that was captured by a security camera. Source: New York Times