VPN-954

01/18/1997
TWO SHOT IN ASIAN RESTAURANT
8 AVE AND 54 ST, SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS WRITING REPORT IN COFFEE SHOP TYPE PLACE, WEE KEE CHINESE AMERICAN RESTAURANT,
-EXT OF RESTAURANT, COP CAR DOUBLE PARKED OUTSIDE, 72 PRECINCT CAR LEAVES SCENE
-STREET SIGN: 8 AVE AND 55 ST

01/19/1997
NIGHT CLUB SHOOTING
157 HUDSON ST, MANHATTAN, TRIBECA
-K-9 COP WITH AGGRESSIVE GERMAN SHEPHERD, MANY POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE, CLUB SIDEWALK BARRICADES, YOUNG BLACK CLUB-GOERS EXIT CLUB
-COPS ENTER BACKDOOR OF CLUB, 1 PRECINCT,
-STREET SIGN: HUBERT ST AND HUDSON ST

01/19/1997
DANGEROUS ICING ON THE FDR DRIVE
FDR AT EAST 61 ST, MANHATTAN, EAST SIDE
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS USE AXES TO BREAK UP ICE ON PAEMENT, HIGHWAY UNDER ANOTHER ROADWAY, NEAR THE WATER, TRAFFIC IS DETOURED, FLARES IN ROAD
-STREET SIGN: FDR AND EAST 61 ST

01/19/1997
3 ALARM FIRE (FROZEN CAT RESCUED)
EAST 183 ST AND GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX, FORDHAM SECTION
-DAYTIME FIRE, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS BACK DOWN OFF AERIAL TOWER LADDER, FIRE AFTERMATH, GUTTED BUILDING SIGN FOR THE HALAL MEAT WEST INDIAN AND AFRICAN
-FIREFIGHTERS GET COFFEE AT THE SALVATION ARMY MOBILE CANTEEN
-FDNY ASST DEPUTY CHIEF MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT THE FIRE AND FROZEN WATER ISSUES
-BUREAU OF FIRE INVESTIGATION ON SCENE, HE RESCUES CAT IN A BOX FROM A FIRE GUTTED BUILDING, PARAMEDIC WRAPS IT IN A BLANKET, SCARED CAT KEEPS CRYING, WHISKERS FROZEN
-STREET SIGN: EAST 183 ST

01/20/1997
FAMILY DISPUTE, DOUBLE MURDER 3 SHOT
1680 MADISON AVE, HARLEM MANHATTAN
-NYPD HOUSING POLICE OFFICERS ON STREET, CRIME SCENE UNIT CAR ON SCENE, DETECTIVES IN FRONT OF LOS TRES UNIDOS BUILDING AT 22 EAST 112 ST, SPANISH HARLEM
-DETECTIVES IN APARTMENT WINDOW, MURDER INVESTIGATION
-CITY MORTUARY WORKERS CARRY OUT WRAPPED BODIES AND LOAD INTO VAN
-STREET SIGN: MADISON AVE AND TONY MENDEZ PLACE, EAST 112 ST

01/21/1997
ASIAN BAR SHOOTING
MAIN ST NEAR 37 AVE, FLUSHING QUEENS
-ASIAN MALE IN AMBULANCE LOOKS DEAD, EMTS RUSH TO GET HIM STRAPPED IN, BANDAGED KNEE BLEEDING, FDNY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, ANOTHER ASIAN MAN IS WHEELED INTO AMBULANCE WITH BLOODY FACE
-AMBULANCES LEAVE SCENE, EXT OF SMALL BAR "BIG APPLE" WITH CHINESE AND KOREAN ? CHARACTERS
-STREET SIGN: MAIN ST AND NORTHERN BOULEVARD

01/21/1997
BENSONHURST TWO ALARM BLAZE
1552 WEST 8 STREET NEAR AVENUE O, BROOKLYN
-SMOKY NIGHTTIME FIRE, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS IN FIRE GUTTED BUILDING, CLEAN UP AND THROWING DEBRIS OUT WINDOW, MANY FIREMEN ON STREET, FDNY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS WHEEL ELDERLY WOMAN AND YOUNGER WOMAN ON OXYGEN
-STREET SIGN: AVE O AND W 8 ST

01/21/1997
MALE HISPANIC SHOT FIVE TIMES
52 ST AND 8 AVE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-CREATIVE EVIDENCE MARKERS MADE FROM GREEK COFFEE SHOP CUPS AND INVERTED HONEY BOTTLES
-CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF, DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE SCENE
-EXT OF STILE'S FARMER'S MARKET IN PARKING LOT, GRIEVING HISPANIC WOMEN
-STREET SIGN: W 52 ST AND 9 AVE

01/21/1997
VIDEO STORE 2 ALARM FIRE KILLS TWO
1178 FULTON ST AND BEDFORD AVE, BROOKLYN, BED-STUY
-DAYTIME FIRE, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON LADDERS TO ROOF OF BUILDINGS, OFFICIALS ARRIVE, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE
-RESIDENTS WATCH FROM ACROSS STREET
-STREET SIGN: FULTON ST AND BEDFORD AVE

01/21/1997
TRACTOR TRAILER RUNS OVER MOTORCYCLE (NO BODY)
BRUCKNER BLVD AND 149 ST, SOUTH BRONX
-MANGLED MOTORCYCLE UNDER WHEELS OF TRUCK, VICTIM'S SNEAKER IN ROAD, UNDER BRIDGE
-STREET SIGN: EAST 140 ST AND BRUCKNER

01/22/1997
ROOFTOP WATERTANK LEAK
138 EAST 229 ST NEAR LACONIA AVENUE, BRONX
-RESIDENTS IN FLOODED HALLWAY OF HIGHRISE BUILDING, LOOKS LIKE PUBLIC HOUSING, ELEVATOR FULL OF WATER, RESIDENTS SWEEP UP
-WATER ON ROOFTOP, SIGN FOR NYCHA EDENWALD HOUSES
-STREET SIGN FOR EAST 229 ST AND LACONIA AVE

01/22/1997
POLICE RAID ILLEGAL VIDEO DISTRIBUTOR (EXCLUSIVE)
113 AND 117 WEST 116ST HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-POLICE INVESTIGATORS, DETECTIVES INSIDE MISSIDEY TRADING COMPANY, FEMALE COP STANDS GUARD OUTSIDE
-BLACK MALE LOOKS SCARED, BLACK COP WITH BULLET-PROOF VEST ENTERS WITH NOTES AND CAMERA
-BLACK MALE HANDCUFFED PERPS IN STORE ARE LED TO CARS, DAYTIME ARRESTS
-WOODEN CRATES, STATEMENT BY POLICEWOMAN, JUNE DAVIDSON, ABOUT PIRATED VIDEOS, INVESTIGATION STARTED IN NEW JERSEY
-STREET SIGN: ST NICHOLAS AVE AND WEST 116 ST
-EXT OF LAMP AFRICAN ART CENTER, NYPD POLICE INSIDE, SEIZURES AND MORE ARRESTS, MANY PERPS LED OUTSIDE, LOOK CONFUSED, MAY BE LIMITED ENGLISH
-STREET SIGN: LENOX AVE, MALCOLM X AE, WEST 116 ST

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