04/11/1996
EARLY MORNING FIRE INJURES NUMEROUS
1710 CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY AND NOBLE AVE, BRONX
-APARTMENT BUILDING ACTIVE FIRE WITH FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF ROOF, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS AND MANY FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK
-DISPLACED FEMALE RESIDENT IN ROBE AND SLIPPERS, BLACK MALE IN AMBULANCE, NYC EMS AMBULANCE TAKES OFF, DAYTIME EMERGENCY
-FIRE GUTTED BUILDING, AFTERMATH, RESIDENTS TALK TO FIREMEN, ELDERLY MAN WITH WALKER, BABY'S HIGHCHAIR OUTSIDE

04/11/1996
16 YEAR OLD CHARGED IN COP ASSAULT
23 PRECINCT, MANHATTAN
-EXT OF 23 PRECINCT HOUSE, PERP WALK OF BLACK MALE WITH CORN ROWS LED TO CAR BY NYPD COPS

04/12/1996
BRONX BLAZE (THREE ALARM)
1210 ST LAWRENCE AVE, NEAR BEACH AVE, BRONX, SOUNDVIEW SECTION
-ACTIVE NIGHT-TIME FIRE, ROARING FLAMES, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS WITH HOSES, CU OF FLAMES, PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PICTURES, POV ROOF, INT OF HOUSE, FIREMEN CLIMB STAIRS
-CASTLE HILL AVE AERIAL TOWER ON FIRE TRUCK, FIREMEN IN RESCUE BUCKET, BABY PICTURE ON WALL OF FIRE GUTTED APARTMENT, SETTING UP FIRE HOSES, FIREMEN LEAVE BUILDING, DESCEND LADDER
-FIGHTING FIRE IN GARAGE
-BLACK WOMAN WITH BABY IS ESCORTED OUT,CUTTING SECURITY BARS WITH SAW, SPARKS FLYING
-STREET SIGN: BEACH AVE AND GLEASON AVE

04/12/1996
QUESTIONABLE DEATH WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY
49 PRECINCT, BRONX, MORRIS PARK
-EXT OF 49 PRECINCT, NYPD CRIME SCENE UNIT ON SCENE, 49 PRECINCT POLICE CARS PARKED
-STREET SIGN: EASTCHESTER PKWY

04/12/1996
SISTER ARRESTED FOR TORCHING BROTHER TO DEATH
120 PRECINCT, STATEN ISLAND
-EXT OF 120 PRECINCT, SAINT GEORGE SECTION
-PERP WALK, WHITE WOMAN IN STRAIGHT JACKET LED OUT OF PRECINCT TO CAR

04/12/1996
BODY PARTS ON THE SHORE
OAKWOOD BEACH AT KISSAM AVE, STATEN ISLAND
Body found on Staten Island beach. The person whose corpse was discovered on April 12, 1996 at Oakwood Beach in Staten Island was Andre “Angel” Melendez. He was murdered by famous NYC club kids Michael Alig and Robert Riggs. Part of a now famous club kid/disco murder case, and the premise of the film Party Monster. CARS PARKED ON ROAD THROUGH SWAMPY AREA, FROGS PEEPING, LITTERED AREA, VERRAZANO BRIDGE IN DISTANCE, NYPD TRUCK ARRIVES, INVESTIGATION, SEARCH

04/13/1996
FUNERAL HOME UP IN SMOKE
SUTPHIN AVE AND YATES ROAD, QUEENS, JAMAICA
-FIRE AFTERMATH, CROWE'S FUNERAL HOME, BROKEN COLORED GLASS WINDOWS
-FDNY FIRE TRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTERS, MOS
-FDNY DEPUTY CHIEF MANSON, PORTABLE COMMAND POST
-STREET SIGN: SUTPHIN BLVD AND LAKEWOOD AVE

04/14/1996
BROOKLYN UNION GAS PLANT MAIN BREAK
MASPETH AVE AND VANDERVOORT AVE, BROOKLYN, GREENPOINT
-PAN OF EMERGENCY SCENE AT NIGHT, FLASHING LIGHTS FROM VEHICLES, BROOKLYN UNION GAS TRUCKS, HUGE GAS TANK, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND CAR
STREET SIGN: MASPETH AVE AND VANDERVOORT AVE
FIRE TRUCK ARRIVES

04/14/1996
ELDERLY FEMALE SHOT
1010 PRESIDENT ST, CROWN HEIGHTS BROOKLYN
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK
-POLICE OFFICERS SEARCH AREA FOR EVIDENCE
-STREET SIGN: FRANKLIN AVE AND PRESIDENT ST

04/14/1996
POLICE DRAMA ON 2 ND AVE AND EAST 57 ST, MANHATTAN
-COP YELLS AT CAMERA MAN
-NYPD POLICE IN RIOT GEAR, VANS WITH DOOR OPEN, FRANTIC WOMAN, LOTS OF SCREAMING, COPS SEARCH VAN IN FRONT OF WOOLWORTH'S STORE
-STREET SIGN: E 57 ST AND 2 AVE

04/15/1996
TAXI WITH PASSENGERS CRASHES INTO STORE
THIRD AVE AND EAST 97 ST MANHATTTAN, UPPER EAST SIDE
-LENOX HILL PARAMEDICS AND FDNY FIREFIGHTERS LIFT VICTIM INTO AMBULANCE, PASSENGER REMOVED FROM CAB
-YELLOW CAB CRASHED INTO BUILDING
-STREET SIGN: THIRD AVE AND EAST 97 ST

04/15/1996
MALE HELD 15 YEAR OLD FEMALE HOSTAGE
RIVER PARK TOWERS, 20 RICHMOND PLAZA NEAR CEDAR AVE, BRONX, MORRIS HEIGHTS SECTION
-SIGN FOR NEW RIVER PARK TOWERS, HIGHRISE LOW INCOME HOUSING
-NYPD POLICE TRUCK AND OFFICERS ON SCENE
-POLICE OFFICIAL MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT ROBBERY AND WEAPONS ARREST, GIRL HANDCUFFED TO PERP, POSSIBLE DRUG OVERDOSE
-NYC EMS AMBULANCES
-STREET SIGN FOR ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK BRIDGE

04/16/1996
INCOME TAX RUSH
WEST 31 ST AND 8TH AVE, MANHATTAN
-PORTABLE, MOBILE POST OFFICE VANS
-PEOPLE RUSH INTO MAIN POST OFFICE BUILDING, RAINY NIGHT
-CROWDED POST OFFICE INTERIOR, CUSTOMERS USE STAMP MACHINES, MANY PEOPLE ON LONG LINES, CLOCK IN BUILDING AFTER MIDNIGHT, PEOPLE ASK FOR COPY MACHINE
-NYC STREETS ON RAINY NIGHT, COP DIRECTS TRAFFIC

04/16/1996
TWO ALARM FIRE ENGULFS FIVE APARTMENTS
116 AVE AND 205 ST, QUEENS, ST ALBANS
-SMALL HOUSES ON FIRE AT NIGHT, CU OF FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF ROOF, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK, ON ROOF
-BURNING RUBBLE, DEVASTATION, BLACK MEN EVACUATE WITH BAGS OF BELONGINGS, RAINY NIGHT

04/16/1996
MOTHER AND LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND ARRESTED
83 PRECINCT, BROOKLYN, BUSHWICK
-PERP WALK, YOUNG HISPANIC AND BLACK COUPLE, HANDCUFFED AND WALKED TO CARS, RAINY NIGHT, NYC
-EXTOF PRECINCT

END TAPE