A 13-year-old boy was shot dead in Harlem last night. Around 7:30, Scotty Scott was shot in the chest and stomach and died instantly in front of an apartment on 144th Street off of Malcom X Boulevard. Two other teenagers were shot and wounded. Both are hospitalized in stable condition. Police do not have a motive or any suspects, but witnesses said the shooter and the victims were just having an ordinary argument before the......

Reader Yojimbot offers some photographs and perspective on the Sunday afternoon shooting where two 63-year-old women were injured on St. Nicholas Avenue near West 113th Street. On his blog Harlem Hybrid, he writes, "This is the 4th mass shooting of the Summer of '08, and it is only by the Grace of God, that no one has been killed yet as a result. It was this latest round, which took place on Sunday at 2pm......

Yesterday at 2:30 p.m., two women leaving an apartment building on St. Nicholas Avenue near West 113th Street were shot when they were caught in the crossfire. The Daily News reports that investigators think two shooters "firing at each other" across St. Nicholas; Donna Davis, who was hit in the buttocks, said they ran and hid between parked cars (her sister-in-law was hit in the neck). One neighbor told WABC 7, "We've had a couple......

Photograph of people mourning outside of shooting victim Bukhari Washington's--and alleged shooter Terrance Perry's--home by Mike Derer/AP On Thursday morning, 15-year-old Bukhari Washington was killed in his bedroom when a bullet from a semiautomatic rifle entered through the floor of his bedroom in Newark, NJ. He had been sleeping, and it turned out his downstairs neighbor, 19-year-old Terrance Perry, accidentally fired the rifle when "fiddling" around with it. In a city too accustomed to......

The Queens DA's press release gives some more details about the 18-year-old who fatally shot his cousin. Felix Cruz allegedly "pointed the firearm at her and pulled the trigger. The gun made a clicking noise and nothing happened. The defendant allegedly then pulled the trigger again, this time discharging a bullet that struck [Veronica] Cruz in the face, killing her." The Queens DA's office adds that Cruz tried to get rid of the gun by......

In the past day, the Democrats have been hit with some highs and lows. Yesterday, the Atlantic published "The HIllary Clinton Memos," detailing how her campaign tried to win the nomination (highlight/lowlight: Mark Penn's breakdown of Obama's weaknesses). Then, today it was announced that former Virginia governor Mark Warner, would keynote the Democratic National Convention, which should mean good things for him. Also today: The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party Bill Gwatney was fatally......

A 20-year-old was killed while a 13-year-old was wounded during a shooting in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. People heard gunfire outside of 730 East 165th Street around 11:30 p.m.; a man told WCBS 2, "I'm on my way home and I hear a boom, boom, boom. It's not a common thing, but we're used to being careful." When police arrived, they found the two people shot. The 20-year-old was shot in the head......

While police are investigating an earlier shooting a the 5th Avenue Station, there is no No. 7 train service in both directions between the Queensboro Plaza Station and the Times Square-42nd Street Station. As an alternate, customers are advised to take the nearby "N," "R" and "W" trains to and from Manhattan. Update: A reader wrote in that they saw 6 teenage males being detained by police at the 5th Avenue Station. There were sure......

A surveillance video surfaced capturing Ortanzso Bovell inside a stolen car sideswiping an NYPD lieutenant who then accidentally fired his gun, killing Bovell. The video backs up the account given by Lt. John Chell of the incident that took place in East New York on Thursday night. Bovelliwas pulled over when a police scan of his license plate matched that of a vehicle reported stolen in New Jersey on Wednesday. Bovell had more than a......

The 2008 Summer Olympics officially opened today (or tonight as NBC would like you to believe) and the New York area is well represented. Not only are more than 40 athletes from the tri-state area competing for the U.S., but there are also several residents of New York City are heading to Beijing with dreams of gold. 19 year-old Sadam Ali, who was born and raised in Canarsie, is the first Arab-American boxer to compete......

After calls from the NYPD and a critically injured 9-year-old boy's family for help, two neighborhood teens turned themselves in for a Monday night shooting in Crown Heights. Luis Gonzalez, 19, and Jonathan Frazier, 18, were arrested and charged. The police say the gunfire between Gonzalez and Frazier started because of a third teen, Franklin Gillepsie, who is friends with Gonzalez. Per the Daily News, Gillepsie "was beaten up at a block party at the......

Rebekah Johnson, who apparently fled after allegedly shooting the leader of the Ganas commune on Staten Island in 2006, was found not guilty by a jury yesterday. The victim, Jeffrey Gross, who was shot in his leg, arm, neck and stomach, said, "I'm stunned, that's about it." Gross told police Johnson shot him. She had a rocky history with the group, previously suing Ganas for $3 million (claiming she was kicked out of the group......

Police are looking for a man whose gunfire hit a 9-year-old boy on his bike. According to the NY Post, two men were arguing on Pacific Street in Crown Heights, when one of the men said, "Now I've got to you motherf---er" and opened fire. Sham-Shawann Kelly had been eight feet away, with many other children, when the bullet hit his head. He is in critical condition, but his family is hopeful he will make......

The body of John Fresca, who owned Fresca's on the Bay in Tottenville on Staten Island, was found after midnight, near the restaurant. He had been shot multiple times; workers had heard gunshots, but didn't see the shooter. Per 1010 WINS, "This isn't the first time someone tried to harm Fresca at his restaurant. In 2005, four men shot at and beat Fresca, leaving him with broken bones and a head injury," apparently because Fresca......

After midnight, a shooting outside 41 West 129th Street wounded four people. According to WABC 7, a group of four people had "walked up to...the victims, who were in front of the building--and opened fire." A man is in serious but stable condition while two men and one women are in stable condition. WNBC reports, "Officers said they are having a hard time gathering information because the victims won't reveal details about the crime."......

Yesterday morning, two people were shot on Avenue D and East 7th Street. According to the Daily News, "Jesus Ortiz ambushed neighbor Calvin Gibson, 50, a local boutique owner who had stopped to buy coffee at the Jahanara Deli & Grocery." Gibson was shot six times while the store's 18-year-old worker, Mohammed Islam who is a student at NYC College of Technology, was hit twice (Gibson is in stable condition while Islam had the bullets......

A lawyer representing the family of the former NYPD sergeant Jason Aiello, who was fatally shot by police outside his Staten Island home, told the Daily News, "If Jason was black, there would be a thousand people protesting outside 1 Police Plaza. The mayor would be on television apologizing. But this isn't an Al Sharpton case." Police, responding after 911 calls about Aiello, say he was armed with two guns and fired at them, so......

A few hours ago, two people were shot on East 7th Street and Avenue D in the East Village. WABC 7 reports the gunman apparently used a rifle around 8:15 a.m.: "Eyewitness News is told the suspect fled in a blue or green Dodge caravan. It was quickly recovered, and a person was taken into custody at the 7th Precinct on the Lower East Side." However, it's unclear whether the person now is custody is......

This morning around 4 a.m. there was another shooting in Williamsburg's south side. This one took place at South 2nd and Roebling Streets. As of 5 a.m. the 90th Precinct was still on the scene and doing an evidence search. One week ago, there was a shooting in the area as well, which left one man dead. Last weekend's incident happened on the same night that more machete stabbings occurred in the neighborhood.......

While responding to a woman's call for help in a dispute with her boyfriend, a police officer ultimately fatally shot the man who refused to drop a large knife. The incident occurred at an apartment building on East 83rd Street on the Upper East Side. A woman had flagged down a patrol car; according to police, the woman said "she and her boyfriend had been drinking, but he had become abusive." The police went to......

The 22-year-old man who was shot in Brooklyn last weekend, an incident that left a gruesome mess at the bus depot on Broadway and Roebling, has died. The Brooklyn Paper reports that the altercation leading to the shooting began at Williamsburg's Festa del Giglio, and witnesses say the scuffle resulted in Williamsburg resident Richard Duran getting shot in the face. "The gunmen — who onlookers suspect were gang members — sprinted off," however, the shooter......

Mayor Bloomberg said today he thought the off-duty police detective--whose blood alcohol was 0.10, above the 0.08 limit--who fired back at a suspect "acted correctly." The Post reports the mayor gave his comments during a press conference on a different topic. He was asked about the shooting and said, "I clearly think the officer did the right thing. Having said that, it is up to [Police Commissioner Ray Kelly]. He will do a thorough investigation......

A reader sent us this email about a shooting that occurred around midnight in Brooklyn:Just wanted to point out that there was a shooting last night at the bus depot at Broadway and Havemeyer in Williamsburg, -and that the investigation seems to be over, but the guy's hat, a big puddle of blood and teeth, many rubber gloves, gauze, a sterile water container, et cetera are still down there, for people to step in. I......

An 18-year-old graduate of Far Rockaway High was fatally shot on Beach 16th Street yesterday morning. The Daily News reports Patrick Hernandez, who had played on the high school football team and was headed to SUNY Cortland this fall, "had spent the morning helping clean up a local beach and was walking home with his brother" when a shooter jumped out of a car and fired at him. The police are speaking to a suspect.......

A July 4th weekend barbecue turned tragic when a group reportedly "crashed the party and unleashed a barrage of gunfire." A 21-year-old woman was killed and four others were taken to the hospitals. A party was being held behind 969 Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant--which is just down the street from the 81st Precinct. Around 1 a.m. yesterday, the shooting began. One witness told the Sun, "It was a rapid succession of shots. After that, the......

Yesterday morning around 5:30 a.m., someone called 911 about a shooting outside 24-hour diner Cozy Soup 'N' Burger on Broadway, near Astor Place, in Manhattan. Apparently an argument broke out between two groups of people, but by the time the police arrived, the Daily News reports "the crowd dispersed and there was no evidence that anyone had been hit." However, a woman went to Kings County Hospital, claiming she was "standing outside the diner with......

Yesterday evening, while her 4-year-old son was in a Montclair YMCA's Kinderswim program, 31-year-old Monica Paul was fatally shot multiple times in the observation room with her 11-year-old daughter watching. No children were harmed. Police believe the children's father, Kenneth Duckett, is the shooter while a friend waited in a car for the getaway.......

Three people were shot last night around East 94th Street and Church in Brooklyn. A car is also full of bullets. WABC 7 reports that while the "conditions of the victims are unknown," one victim may have been shot in the head, another was shot in the arm, and a third victim was able to drive to the hospital. Police are investigating.......

The body of a 17-year-old boy was found outside 205 Eldridge Street (near Stanton) earlier this morning. He had a gunshot wound in the head and was pronounced dead at Bellevue. Witnesses said they heard shots around 2 a.m. A motive is not known at this time.......

One teenager has been arrested and police are seeking a second suspect in the murder of a 25-year-old man shot to death following a minor traffic accident in the Bronx. Adolfo Gonzalez was shot twice in the chest early Saturday morning, after he got into a fender bender with two other vehicles. Two cars were reportedly simultaneously making u-turns around 5 a.m. Saturday morning near White Plains Road and Morris Park Ave. in the Bronx.......