VPN-946

12/29/1996
MALE SHOT IN HEAD (NO BODY)
WEST FORDHAM RD AND CEDAR AVE, BRONX, FORHDHAM SECTION
-LARGE POOL OF BLOOD ON SIDEWALK, NPD DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE MURDER SCENE, PICKS UP BLOODY HAT, CRIME SCENE UNITS, GUN AND CARTRIGDE DUSTED FOR PRINTS, DETECTIVES IN BLACK LEATHER TRENCH COATS
-LOTS OF GRAPHIC BLOOD ON SIDEWALK
-POLICE DO NOT CROSS TAPE, CORDONED
OFF, MOS, LABELING EVIDENCE, BLACK FEMALE DETECTIVE WITH FANNY PACK
-IN FRONT OF STORE, JIMMY'S BRONX CAFE
-STREET SIGN: W FORDHAM RD AND CEDAR AVE

12/29/1996
4 ALARM TAXPAYER FIRE
420 SUNSET AVE, SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN
-DELIVERY VAN FOR LA BAGEL DELIGHT CATERING, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK, FIRE HOSES AND VERY SMOKY CONDITIONS
-MEXICAN / PUERTO RICAN RESTAURANT AND REGINA BAKERY ON FIRE, HUGE FDNY PRESENCE
-FIREMEN IN BUCKET TRUCK RIP THROUGH AWNINGS, FLAMES ON THE ROOF
--FDNY SPOKESMAN MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT THE FIRE, 4 STORES A TOTAL LOSS, 4 ALARM, 200 FIREMEN ON THE SCENE
-STREET SIGN: 5 AVE AND 8 ST

12/29/1996
B-ROLL: MINI-MART / Q INT'L CLUB
RE: MISSING SINGERS, JAMAICA QUEENS
-RAINY DAYTIME, EXT OF BUILDINGS WHERE THE MISSING WOMEN WERE FOUND, SIGN ON GROUND READS "HORROR VIDEOS"
-SHUTTERED STORE ? APARMENT BUILDING, CITY BUS PASSES BY
-STREET SIGN: 109 AVE AND GUY R BREWER BOULEVARD

CONTINUATION OF ABOVE EVENT
-EXT OF THE Q INTERNATIONAL CLUB IN JAMAICA, 93-37 150 ST, QUEENS
-RAINY DAY
-STREET SIGN: 150 ST AND 94 AVE

12/29/1996
MAYOR PHOTO-OP AT DWI CHECK POINT
WEST HOUSTON STREET AND WASHINGTON ST MANHATTAN
-COP PULLS OVER TRUCKS AND CARS, RE-ROUTING TRAFFIC, THEY STOP EVERY THIRD CAR, COPS DOES BREATHALYZER TEST ON EAST INDIAN MAN
-MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI ON SCENE, SHAKING HANDS WITH DRIVERS, CAMERAS FOLLOW HIM
-STATEMENT BY MAYOR GIULIANI, POLICE CHIEF GIVES STATISTICS
-WHITE MALE IS ARRESTED AND PUT IN POLICE VAN TRANSVESTITE (DRAG. CROSS DRESSER. FEMALE IMPERSONATOR) HANGING AROUND ?

12/30/1996
ALL HNDS FIRE INJURES FOUR
950 4TH WALK AND FDR, MANHATTAN, LOWER EAST SIDE
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND NYPD COPS ENTERS BRICK BUILDING, DAYTIME FIRE AFTERMATH, BROKEN UPPER STORY WINDOWS, HIGH RISE BUILDING
-LOOKS LIKE PROJECTS, 950 EAST 4TH WALK SIGN-BLACK FDNY PARAMEDIC CARRIES WHITE CHILD TO MOTHER CABRINI AMBULANCE, GIVES HIS OXYGEN AND CHECKS HIS FEET,
RESCUE OF CHILDREN FROM FIRE, BOY IS SHAKING FROM THE COLD AND SHOCK
-FIREMEN FOLD UP HOSES
-WOMAN IS WHEELD OUT OF BUILDING WITH BLACK SOOT ALL OVER
-INTIMATE RESCUES
-EAST HOUSTON ST AND BARUCH DR

12/30/1996
PEDESTRIAN PINNED UNDER COCA COLA TRUCK
EAST 40 ST, BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AVE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-FDNY PARAMEDICS TREATING WHITE FEMALE ON ROAD UNDER TRUCK, DOING CPR, FIREFIGHTERS AND NYPD COP ON SCENE, COP GOES THROUGH WALLET LOOKING FOR ID
-VICTIM IS LIFTED INTO FDNY AMBULANCE
-TRUCK DRIVER CRIES IN BACK OF POLICE CAR, OP HAS WOMAN'S PURSE
-AMBULANCE LEAVES WITH SIRENS BLARING
-STREET SIGN: EAST 40 ST

12/31/1996
MEDICAL WASTE IN THE STREET
AMSTERDAM AVE NEAR 120 ST, HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-LITTER IN STREET AT NIGHT, POLICE DO NOT CROSS TAPE CORDONED OFF STREET, NYPD COP CARS AND FDNY OFFICIALS ON SCENE
-DEBRIS LOOKS LIKE VIALS AND COTTON BALLS
-HAZ-MAT WORKERS IN GREEN JUMPSUITS AND GAS MASKS SWEEP UP DEBRIS, HAZARD MATERIALS
-STREET SIGN: AMSTERDAM AVE AND WEST 120 ST

12/31/1996
STORE OWNER SHOT IN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
225 BROADWAY AND PARK ROW, LOWER MANHATTAN
-NYPD DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE SHOOTING, CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, BLOODY RAG ON SIDEWALK, CRIME SCNE UNIT CAR
-DETECTIVES REMOVES FINGERPRINTS WITH CLEAR TAPE, BLOOD ON CARPET OF STORE
-STREET SIGN: BARCLAY ST AND BROADWAY

01/01/1997
1997 CLEAN -UP OF TIMES SQUARE
TIMES SQUARE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-STREET CLEANERS AT WORK, TRUCKS AND MANUAL LABORERS USING BROOMS, NYC SANITATION DEPARTMENT
-SPINNING SIGN FOR MADISON SQURE GARDEN, ITT SPONSORED TOWER
-SWEEPING LOTS OF BEER BOTTLES, CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES
-POLICE BARRICADES AND SOME PEDESTRIANS, NYPD COP CAR DRIVES THROUGH MESS, AFTER PARTY

01/01/1996
NEW YEARS EVE PARTY SHOOTING
(1ST HOMICIDE OF 1997)
825 MORRISON AVE, BRONX, SOUNDVIEW SECTION
-EXT OF 825 ON BRICK BUILDING, HIGHRISE BUILDING WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON BALCONIES
-NYPD POLICE CAR PARKED IN FRONT, 43 PRECINCT CAR
-CRIME SCENE UNIT ARRIVES AND ENTERS BUILDING
-STREET SIGN: STORY AVE AND MORRISON AVE

TOKEN BOOTH ROBBERY INVESTIGATION
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