gang violence Archives – QNS

Police say they have identified the shooter as 16-year-old Jason Sykes, who goes by the nickname Flex and is known to cause trouble in the area. Police say he is being hunted by the Regional Fugitive Task Force.

AMNY

Teen identified as shooter who gunned down 13-year-old boy in Queens: NYPD

police at scene of Brooklyn mass shooting, police line stretched across roadway with cops milling about

AMNY

Brooklyn mass shooting: NYC mayoral candidates condemn bloodshed and call for more action

Jamaica

Third teenager arrested in connection with fatal stabbing of 14-year-old in Sunnyside McDonald’s: DA

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News

18th Street gang leader from Jamaica faces life in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering conspiracy: Feds

By Bill Parry

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Arverne

DA Melinda Katz and NYPD announce takedown of 11 ‘worst of the worst’ gang members in Queens

By Colum Motherway

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Astoria

LIC gang member admits to killing a rival near the Ravenswood Houses in 2017

By Bill Parry

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Corona

NYPD offers $10K reward for information in the Corona mass shooting

By Bill Parry

A Crime Scene Techican takes photos at the scene of a triple stabbing.

Flushing

Alleged gang member slain in Flushing drive-by shooting: NYPD

By Robert Pozarycki

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Woodside

Second teen charged in stray bullet killing of Woodside mother: DA

By Angélica Acevedo

Detectives combed Alley Pond Park in May 2017 after a birdwatcher found a decomposing teenager's body.

Bayside

Three alleged MS-13 gang members charged by feds for brutally murdering teen in Alley Pond Park

By Robert Pozarycki

The 9mm handgun that a suspect allegedly used to fire at 103rd Precinct officers that led to a deadly Aug. 30 police-involved shooting.

Jamaica

Suspected gunman in Jamaica fatally shot by cops after he opened fire on them

By Robert Pozarycki

The exterior of El Paisa bar on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights, where a group of reputed Latin Kings attacked a rival gang member back in October 2016.

Jamaica Estates

Last of five reputed street gang members sentenced for brutal beating and stabbing in Jackson Heights

By Robert Pozarycki

The exterior of El Paisa bar on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights, where a group of reputed Latin Kings attacked a rival gang member back in October 2016.

Jackson Heights

Three alleged Latin Kings guilty of violent Jackson Heights assault, but one flees town before the verdict

By Robert Pozarycki

Flushing

Two Flushing men arrested in gang-related Jackson Heights murder caught on camera

By Robert Pozarycki

Flushing

Gang-bangers from Queens charged with violently stabbing rival while in federal custody

By Robert Pozarycki

Long-term investigation results in a dozen MS-13 members indicted on murder and burglary charges

Long-term investigation results in a dozen MS-13 members indicted on murder and burglary charges

By Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech

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Jamaica

Long-term investigation results in 12 MS-13 members indicted on murder and burglary charges

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

Police investigation leads to indictment of six alleged gang members: DA

St. Albans

Police investigation leads to indictment of six alleged gang members: DA

By Naeisha Rose

Corona

Second suspect connected to deadly Jackson Heights shooting is now behind bars

By Robert Pozarycki

Jackson Heights

Detectives nab alleged gunman for a fatal shooting at a Jackson Heights grocery store

By Robert Pozarycki

Jamaica

Alleged street gang member from Jamaica helped brutally murder an informant upstate: prosecutors

By Robert Pozarycki

City immigration officials denounce end of special status for 200,000 Salvadorans

Jamaica

City immigration officials denounce end of special status for 200,000 Salvadorans

By Naeisha Rose

This man, identified by prosecutors as Dylan Cruz, is shown on security camera footage shooting at two people inside Rico Chimi restaurant in Woodhaven on Feb. 20, 2016.

Woodhaven

Gunman involved in Woodhaven sandwich shop shooting is nabbed in a Brooklyn street gang bust

By Robert Pozarycki

Bayside

Two alleged MS-13 members cuffed for fatally shooting a Bayside man outside a bodega in Flushing

By Robert Pozarycki

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