VPN-943

12/19/1996
PRESS CONFERENCE AT 30 PRECINCT
451 WEST 151 ST, HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-WEAPONS, GUNS ON DISPLAY WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND LABELED, CU OF SERIAL NUMBERS SCRATCHED OUT
-NYPD COMMISSIONER HOWARD SAFIR MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT INVESTIGATION AND ARRESTS OF SUSPECTS, WEAPONS SEIZED FROM VIRGINIA, HE DESCRIBES THE TYPES OF WEAPONS AND THE ARREST RECORDS OF THE PERPS
-SAFIR COMMENTS ON GUN LAWS THROUGH OUT THE NATION, VIRGINIA'S "ONE GUN A MONTH" LAW
-QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS, MENTIONS ARIZONA, GUN LOBBYISTS, STATE SENATES
-EXT OF 30 PRECINCT, RAINY DAY, WITH MERRY CHRISTMAS PAINTED

12/19/1996
WATER MAIN BREAK AT SUBWAY STATION
PARSON BLVD AND ARCHER AVE, JAMAICA QUEENS
-STREET IN JAMAICA, SUBWAY PLATFORM WITH WATER POURING OUT FROM THE CEILING
-NYPD TRANSIT COPS ON PLATFORM, FLOODED TRACKS WITH GARBAGE WATER GUSHES OUT OF TRACKS, UNBELIEVABLE
-Z TRAIN ON TRACKS, EMEERGENCY VEHICLES ON STREET, PEDESTRIANS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, WORKERS IN HARDHATS, DAYTIME EVENT, PARKING SIGN, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE
-FDNY QUEENS BUREAU CHIEF, STEPHEN DEROSA, MAKES STATEMENT WATER MAIN BREAK DUE TO LOCAL CONSTRUCTION, HE DESCRIBES THE OPERATION
-STREET SIGN: ARCHER AVE AND 150 ST

12/19/1996
WOMAN STRUCK AND KILLED BY A TRUCK
EAST 23 ST AND PARK AVE SOUTH, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-NNYPD POLICE CARS AND HIGHWAY PATROL COPS, WOMAN'S GLASSES IN POOL OF BLOOD IN STREET, NIGHTTIME, PARK AVE PARTIAL CLOSED TO TRAFFIC, BLACK MALE TRUCK DRIVER IN BACK OF COP CAR, CONSOLIDATED FREIGHWAYS TRUCK
-STREET SIGN: PARK AVE AND E 23 ST

12/20/1996
MOTHER AND CHILD FOUND DEAD
666 COURTLANDT AVE NEAR 153 ST, SOUTH BRONX
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS IN LOBBY OR HALLWAY, HISPANIC FAMILY HUDDLES IN STAIRWAY
-EXT OF BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING
-NYPD COP CAR IN FRONT OF FUNERAL HOME
-CU OF DOORWAY WITH 666, SECURITY GRATING OVER DOORS, LOOKS LIKE A PRISON
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVES, WALK PAST GRAFFITI COVERED WALLS, COPS AND DETECTIVE IN ALLEY TAKING NOTES
-EMERGENCY SERVICES COPS CLIMB ON TOP OF TRUCK TO INVESTIGATE FIRE ESCAPE AND ROOF, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
-LOOKS LIKE HOUSING COP
-GRIEVING FAMILY MEMBERS GET INTO CARS
-NYC MORTUARY WORKERS CARRY OUT WRAPPED BODIES, OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
-STREET SIGN: CORTLANDT AVE AND 153 ST BRONX

12/20/1996
MEN'S SHELTER TWO ALARM FIRE
140 HESTER ST NEAR BOWERY, LOWER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK, MEN BEING RESCUED FROM SHELTER IN CHERRY PICKER BUCKET, MEN WAITING ON FIRE ESCAPES, HOMELESS GIVEN BLANKETS AND COFFEE, TREATED IN AMBULANCES
-STREET SIGN: BOWERY AND HESTER ST, ABOVE THE BOWERY PHARMACY, CHINESE CHARACTERS

12/20/1996
MULTIPLE SHOOTING AT 75 ST
36 WEST 75 ST BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND AMSTERDAM, MANHATTAN
-VICTIM IN AMBULANCE DOOR IS SHUT, WHITE MALE VICTIM IS TAKEN OUT OF BUILDING, BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS AND NYPD COPS, PERFORMING CPR, LOOKING FOR THE AMBULANCE, CAN'T GET THE STRETCHER THROUGH THE PARKED CARS, MAN LOOKS DEAD, VERY HECTIC SCENE
-ST. LUKES - ROOSEVELT AMBUANCES LEAVE WITH SIRENS, DAYTIME SHOOTING ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE
-EXT OF BROWNSTONE BUILDING
-OLD MAN, LUIGI, IS INTERVIEWED, NYPD DETECTIVES ARRIVE, MAN GETS ANGRY "I DO NOT KNOW", BUILDING OWNER, TWO MEN

12/20/1996
PERSON PINNED UNDER TRUCK
82 ST AND PARK AVE, MANHATTAN
-WHITE MALE VICTIM PUT ON GURNEY AND LOADED INTO AMBULANCE, YELLOW TAXI ON DIVIDER ON PARK AVE, METRO AMBULANCE, VAN CRASHED INTO CAB
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS LOOK UNDER VAN
-STREET SIGN: PARK AVE AND EAST 82 ST, UPPER EAST SIDE

12/20/1996
MAN HIT BY TRAIN
14 ST AND 8 AVE, MANHATTAN
-NYPD TRANSIT COPS ON PLATFORM, SUBWAY CONDUCTOR IS QUESTIONED BY DETECTIVES, TRAIN ON OPPOSITE PLATFORM HOLDS PASSENGERS, 14 ST STATION
-EMTS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES OFFICERS TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROCEED
- WRAPPED BODY ON PLATFORM IS CARRIED UP TO STREET BY FDNY EMTS AND PARAMEDICS, LONG WALK TO AMBULANCE
-STREET SIGN: WEST 14 ST AND 8 AVE

12/21/1996
DWI DRIVER STRIKES PEDESTRIAN AND LEAVES SCENE
WEST 148 ST AND ST NICHOLAS AVE, HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-WOMAN'S POCKETBOOK ? POOL OF BLOOD AND MAN'S SHOE IN STREET
-NYPD POLICE HAV STREET BLOCKED WITH FLARES, HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS INVESTIGATE, CAR WITH SMASHED WINDSHIELD ON SIDEWALK, CU OF NYS PLATES
-EXT OF 30 PRECINCT
-STREET SIGN: WEST 148 ST AND ST NICHOLAS AVE

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