VPN-996

05/26/1997
LIMO DRIVER SHOT
ETNA STREEET AND AUTUMN AVE, BROOKLYN, CYPRESS HILLS
-NYPD DETECTIVES IN TRENCH COATS STAND NEAR LIMO, POLICE OFFICERS WITH FLASHLIGHTS SEARCH AREA, NYPD COP CAR, CAUTION TAPE
-INT OF STRETCH LIMO
-STREET SIGN: ETNA ST AND AUTUMN AVE

05/26/1997
TWO PEOPLE SHOT
WEST 77 ST AND BROADWAY, MANHATTAN, UPPER WEST SIDE
-EMTS WORK ON VICTIM IN AMBULANCE, AMBULANCES LEAVE SCENE, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS CORDON OFF CRIME SCENE, PAY PHONE, VICTIM'S BLOODY CLOTHING ON SCENE
-DETECTIVE TALKS TO WITNESS AND TAKES NOTES, INVESTIGATION, NYPD POLICE CAR WITH FLASHING LIGHTS, 20 PRECINCT
-STREET SIGN: WEST 77 ST AND AMSTERDAM AVE

05/26/1997
GUN SALES ARREST
PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL, 8 AVE, MANHATTAN
-BLACK MALES AND FEMALE ARE LED OUT OF ELEVATOR AND THROUGH PORT AUTHORITY TO WAITING VAN, PORT AUTHORITY POLICE
-STREET SIGN: WEST 40 ST AND 9TH AVE, HELL'S KITCHEN
-EXT OF BUS TERMINAL, MANHATTAN STREETS, NYC 1990S

05/26/1997
SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN CHINA CLUB SHOOTING
20 PRECINCT HOUSE, 120 WEST 82 ST, UPPER WEST SIDE
-PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT CRIME AND ARRESTS, YOUNG POLICE OFFICERS WITH BADGES, PLAINS CLOTHES
-NYPD OFFICIAL ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARREST, TALKS ABOUT TWO GROUPS IN A BAR FIGHTING OVER DRINKS, TV AND FILM CAMERAS
-PERP WALK OF BLACK AND OR HISPANIC MALES HANDCUFFED AND LED FROM PRECINCT TO NYPD POLICE VAN, TWO WHITE WOMEN ARRESTED, HIDE THEIR HEADS
-EXT OF 20 PRECINCT

05/27/1997
HOMELESS SHELTER SHOOTING
225 BOWERY NEAR RIVINGTON, MANHATTAN, EAST VILLAGE, LOWER EAST SIDE
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, ASIAN FEMALE EMT, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECH, AMBULANCE FROM NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL LEAVES SCENE
-FEMALE COP CLEANS UP THE PERSONAL BELONGINGS OF VICTIM
-EXT OF BOOTH HOUSE, HOMELESS SHELTER, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, BLOOD SPLATTERS ON SIDEWALK
-STREET SIGN: BOWERY AND RIVINGTON ST

05/27/1997
SHELL ROAD FATAL ACCIDENT
SHELL ROAD NEAR AVE X, BROOKLYN, GRAVESEND
-CAR CRASHED INTO EL TRAIN SUPPORT, NYPD MOTORCYCLE COPS, HIGHWAY PATROL, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, MANGLED CAR
-STREET SIGN: SHELL ROAD AND AVE X

***NO DATA FOR EVENT***
IN FRONT OF 393 DUMONT AVE, BROWNSVILLE BROOKLYN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS IN FRONT OF APARTMENT BUILDING, INVESTIGATION, BULLET CASING ON SIDEWALK, COPS ENTER LOBBY OF BUILDING, DETECTIVE MEASURES DISTANCES WITH TRAVELER WHEEL, PAN OF LARGE APARTMENT BUILDING, NYC PUBLIC HOUSING COPS, PSA 2
-PRETTY BLACK FEMALE DETECTIVE WRITES REPORT

05/27/1997
MOWED DOWN ON PURPOSE (NO BODY)
136-76 ROOSEVELT AVE, QUEENS, FLUSHING
-GNC WITH STOREFRONT WINDOW MISSING, DEBRIS EVERYWHERE, VITAMINS SMASHED ON STREET
-INT OF GENERAL NUTRITION CENTER, VITAMIN STORE
-NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL COPS MEASURE DISTANCES WITH SURVEYORS WHEEL, FDNY EMTS ON SCENE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
-STREET SIGN: UNION ST AND ROOSEVELT AVE

05/27/1997
DOZENS OF CATS IN A FIRE
227 ST AND 130 AVE, QUEENS, LAURELTON
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ENTER HOUSE, FIRE GUTTED UPSTAIRS
-DAYTIME, FIRE AFTERMATH, HOUSE NUMBER 31-78
-FDNY FIRETRUCKS ON SCENE, RAC UNIT, RECUPERATION AND CARE UNIT, FIREFIGHTERS PUT AWAY HOSES
-FIREMAN HOLDS BUNDLE OF NEWBORN KITTENS, VERY CUTE, EYES STILL CLOSED
-STREET SIGN: 227 ST AND 133AVE

05/27/1997
CAR VERSUS TRUCK
SPRINGFIELD BOULEVARD AND 90 AVE, QUEENS VILLAGE
-DAYTIME ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, CAR AND TRUCK, MANGLED BICYCLE IN ROAD, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE, CU OF CAR INT
-TRY TRUCKING OR WOODSIDE TRUCK, WHITE MALE TRUCK DRIVER IN BACK OF POLICE CAR
-STREET SIGN: SPRINGFIELD BLVD AND 9 0AVE

***NO DATA ON EVENT***
-PERP WALK OF HISPANIC MALE HANDCUFFED, NAMED JOSE
-EXT OF 6 PRECINCT, GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN

05/28/1997
HARLEM FOUR ALARM BLAZE
1960 7 AVE NEAR 119 ST, MANHATTAN
-BUILDING ON FIRE, FALLING DEBRIS, FLAMES AND SMKE ESCAPE WINDOWS, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON FIRE ESCAPE, BOARDED UP BUILDING ON FIRE, FIREMEN CUT THROUGH BOARDS WITH CHAIN SAWS FROM RESCUE BUCKET OF LADDER TRUCK
-SIGN FOR BUILDING TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, FAILING REAL ESTATE, DISPLACED RESIDENTS WRAPPED IN BLACKET, SWASTIKAS PAINTED ON WALL, CU OF FLAMES
-YOUNG CHILD WITH DOO RAG AND CAT WRAPPED IN TOWEL SITS ON CURB

05/28/1997
POLICE FIND MISSING ASIAN CHILD DOA
EAST RIVER AND SOUTH ST, AND PIKE SLIP, MANHATTAN
***PROBABLY CLOSER TO BATTERY PARK AND STATEN ISLAND FERRY TERMINAL**
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES ON PIER, COVERED BODY ON DOCK
-BATTERY PARK TERMINAL OF THE US COAST GUARD
-SUN SETS AND DETECTIVES WORK UNDER LIGHTS, INVESTIGATE BODY

05/29/1997
BRONX GROPER ARREST
48 PRECINCT
-PERP WALK, YOUNG WHITE MALE, HANDCUFFED AND LED TO BACK OF CAR AND INTO BUILDING

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