Bahar Ostadan
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The homicide suspect was killed during a confrontation with New York City and Woodbridge Township police, according to the New Jersey attorney general’s office.
The 27-year-old was charged with several counts of weapons possession and obscuring his license plate.
Former juvenile detainees filed lawsuits against the city on Tuesday claiming they were sexually abused as children by staffers and other detainees.
New Jersey prosecutors say Hieu Tran, 27, shot a man in with his department-issued gun.
They're still trying to figure out where the reptile came from.
Police say they solve 76% of murders in Brooklyn. The “clearance rate” for murders on Staten Island is closer to 100%.
The accused shooters are between 14 and 21 years old.
The man was running from police after two detectives observed him pointing a gun at someone, according to NYPD officials.
He is at least the eighth person shot and killed by the NYPD so far this year.
The nonprofit Rehabilitation Through the Arts runs theater, dance and visual arts programs in eight prisons across New York.
The police and the mayor doubled down on Saturday's response.
NYPD brass announced the program at a federal hearing in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
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