Shot to death
A trigger-happy gunman ended the life of a 31-year-old during a clash on July 19.
Police from the 67th Precinct said they were called to the corner of Rockaway Parkway and Rutland Road at 4:39 am where they found Samuel Boucher lying on the street. He had been shot in the torso.
Paramedics rushed Boucher, a resident of Rutland Road, to Brookdale Hospital where he died of his injuries.
Cops said they have no motive for the shooting.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to come forward.
Calls can be made to the NYPD CrimeStoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Young boy shot
A 9-year-old was shot in the leg following a brazen shooting on July 16.
Witnesses said two men were arguing near the corner of East 45th Street and Church Avenue when one of them pulled a gun and opened fire as he made a hasty escape.
The bullets fired toward East 45th Street went wild, striking an innocent 9-year-old boy in the leg, officials said. The tot was treated and released at a local hospital.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this shooting to come forward.
Calls can be made to the NYPD CrimeStoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Family matters
Two young men were arrested on July 14 for robbing their own relatives at gunpoint.
Police said the suspects, two brothers ages 20 and 24, sported masks as they and a female accomplice banged on the door to their relatives’ apartment, which is at the corner of Ocean and Newkirk avenues, on July 6, threatening to shoot up the address if they weren’t let in.
The three frightened children inside did what they were told. The thieves were in the process of looting the home when their aunt returned. They made a hasty escape when the woman recognized them.
Cops caught up with the two brothers 10 days later, charging them with robbery. Their female accomplice was still at large.
Killed in fire
Cops are trying to determine just who died in a Chevy van that caught fire in Kensington on July 13.
Witnesses told police that the van was parked near the corner of 12th and Church avenues at 1:48 am when it caught fire.
As firefighters arrived, a Hispanic male in his 30s was seen kicking his way out of the van through the driver’s side door.
When the fire was doused down, a second man was found dead inside the van.
Paramedics rushed the first victim to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was listed in critical, yet stable, condition.
The second man had not been identified, nor had the cause of the fire been determined as this paper went to press.
Stabbed to death
A deep slash wound to the neck ended the life of a 17-year-old found bleeding to death on July 9.
Police said they were called to the corner of E. 26th Street and Clarendon Road just after 11:30 pm and found the victim, identified as Red Hook resident Timothy Hall, lying on the ground with a deep neck wound.
Paramedics rushed Hall to Kings County Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.
Calls can be made to the NYPD CrimeStoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Gunman search
A gunman with an itchy trigger finger killed a 24-year-old man on July 7.
After receiving a 911 call at 11:30 am, cops from the 67th Precinct entered a home on E. 95th Street near East New York Avenue and found the unnamed victim on the floor suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the torso.
The victim was declared dead at the scene, officials said.
Witnesses told police that the killer may have been a neighbor the victim was arguing with just before gunfire was heard.
Wipe out graffiti
As the ongoing war against graffiti continues, cops are now offering a $500 reward to anyone with information that can lead them to the vandals that mark up the community.
The hefty reward is part of the city’s new push to rid New York of graffiti, one of the leading quality of life complaints brought to police.
Anyone with information about graffiti vandalism in their neighborhood is urged to contact either 311 or 911.
