The New York Post alleges that Occupy Wall Street shunned the homeowner of the foreclosed home in East New York that the movement reclaimed for a homeless family last month. "They’re trying to take a house and say the bank is robbing the people because the mortgage is too high—so contact the owner!" Wise Ahadzi told the paper. Ahadzi, a single father of a 3-year old and a 10-year-old, has been confirmed to be in foreclosure proceedings since 2009. more ›

A 6-month-old boy was found dead in his crib by his mother early this morning, and police have yet to determine a cause of death. An EMS worker alerted police that baby Stephon Jenkins had bruises and scratches on his body. Mother Tina Brice, 20, says she went to check on him around 5:40 p.m. inside their first-floor Fulton St. apartment in Brownsville: “I put him to sleep, I checked on him two to three times,” the single mom told the Daily News. “When I checked again there was white and brown stuff in his mouth.” more ›

Though Occupy Wall Street has spent much of their time amidst the canyons of the Financial District's "heroes," tomorrow's efforts are focused in East New York, as part of a nationwide day of action to call attention to the housing crisis that continues to plague much of the country. Occupy Our Homes will meet at the Pennsylvania Avenue subway stop in Brownsville at 1 p.m. for a tour of foreclosed homes, ending with a housewarming party for the families who are "taking these homes back for the community," despite impending foreclosure, and according to a release, volunteers from the many organizations involved will begin fixing up abandoned property. more ›

Relatives and friends of the 87-year-old man killed by a marked NYPD vehicle while taking his morning stroll in Brooklyn last Friday have trouble believing the department's claim that there was no criminality involved in the accident. Theauther Love was a WW II veteran and Baptist minister, and started to cross Eastern Parkway around 7 a.m. when he was struck and killed by the patrol car. "He walked every day and I just know he knew what he was doing," Love's pastor Reverend John Quincy Adams told NY1. "I know there is something more to this story and it just hurts my heart that he had to die like this." more ›

An 87-year-old Baptist minister and World War II veteran was killed Friday morning after an NYPD patrol vehicle struck him on Eastern Parkway between Dean and Bergen Streets in Brownsville. According to the Post, Theauther Love was taking his morning walk at around 7:20 a.m. when the westbound vehicle hit him. "I saw him this morning. It was a regular day," his widow, Annie Love, told the paper. "He put out the trash and went for his walk. And then…this happened. I will miss him so much." more ›

Police have arrested a 22-year-old Brooklyn man and charged him with the murder of 16-year-old Kyanna Thomas, who was stabbed in the throat and left to die on a street corner in Brownsville early one morning in September. Sources say Rashad Salaam has confessed to killing Thomas, because he feared Thomas was setting him up "for an ambush and a beating," the Daily News reports. The two were online acquaintances, and it's unclear what set off her feud, but the grisly slaying was apparently unintentional. more ›

Coinciding with this weekend's funeral for slain Brownsville mom Zurana Horton, the Post published a harrowing look at gang violence in Brownsville, where young thugs are organizing in increasingly smaller, irrational, and "hot headed" groups. If you're a fan of the Bloods, Crips and Latin Kings, you're going to love today's hot new micro-gangs, which include groups such as 8 Block, the Rock Stars, and the Very Crispy Gangsters. (Their arch-enemies: the Soggy Assassins.) more ›

Yesterday over 250 mourners turned out for the funeral for Zurana Horton, the Brownsville woman who was killed in a blaze of gang-related gunfire while picking up her children from school earlier this month. Among those in attendance were NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and the Reverend Al Sharpton, whom the family asked to give the eulogy. more ›

Two teenage brothers and their 22-year-old half-brother have been arraigned in connection with the murder of Zuranna Horton, the mother of 13 who was fatally shot while picking up her kids from an elementary school in Brownsville, Brooklyn last Friday afternoon. 18-year-old Andrew Lopez has reportedly confessed to opening fire from a rooftop near the school, and police say his older brother, Jonathan Carrasquillo, instructed Andrew to get a gun, go to the roof, and "do what you have to do." Two other people were wounded, including Cheanne McKnight, an 11-year-old girl who was grazed in the face with one of Lopez's bullets. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] An 18-year-old man has been arrested for a gang-related rooftop shooting on Friday that killed Zuranna Horton, a 33-year-old mother of 13, and wounded two others, including an 11-year-old girl. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters today that Andrew Lopez, 18, has made a full confession. Lopez was reportedly tracked down because someone sent a tip to the NYPD, which is exactly what outraged community members were hoping for. more ›

Brownsville residents, community leaders, and politicians continued to express outrage yesterday in the wake of the death of Zuranna Horton, who was killed while trying to shield children from a spray of gunfire outside a school Friday afternoon. There was a candlelight vigil and march Sunday night, and yesterday Rev. Al Sharpton met with Horton's family, praising her ultimate sacrifice and noting that two of her siblings had previously died from gun violence. State Senator Eric Adams, whom you may recall from his "Stop the Sag" campaign, also weighed in. more ›

Residents of the crime-ridden neighborhood of Brownsville were unified last night at a vigil for Zuranna Horton, the 34-year-old mother of 13 who killed in a gang shootout while picking up one of her children from P.S. 298 Friday afternoon. Over 100 outraged community members gathered together to urge anyone with knowledge of the shooting to come forward. While the catchphrase "stop snitching" is infamous in the ghetto, last night distraught locals shouted, "It’s not snitching, it’s saving a life!" more ›

As police try to find the suspect whose Friday afternoon shooting from a Brooklyn rooftop left a woman dead and another woman and an 11-year-old girl injured, the slain woman's family remains bereft. Zurana Horton, 34, was killed when picking up a child from P.S. 298 in Brownsville, at Pitkin Avenue and Watkins Street, and apparently died trying to shield other youngsters. One of Horton's children told the Post that she actually walked by the crime scene, not realizing her mother was the victim, "I was wondering where my mother was. I found out later [the body] was my mother. My little sister [Alexis] said, ‘Mommy died. She got shot.’" more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a 34-year-old pregnant woman picking up one of her children from P.S. 298 in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn was killed by gunfire from a rooftop. Zurana Horton apparently tried to shield the little ones near here; NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said, "Moments before, she was seen hovering over several children to protect them." [Update: The medical examiner says that Horton was not pregnant at the time of her death.] more ›

Investigators are focusing on the spurned boyfriend in the murder of 16-year-old Kyanna Thomas, who was stabbed in the throat and left to die on a street corner in Brownsville early Sunday morning. Thomas, who lived in Queens with her mother, a Department of Correction captain, was staying with her aunt on the night of the murder. Her family says she sneaked out to attend a party, and sometime after 3 a.m. she used her cell phone to call 911 as she lay dying in a pool of her own blood. more ›

The NYPD collected 164 guns at a buyback on Staten Island Saturday, but there's still a long way to go, as gunfire in Brooklyn and Queens over the weekend left three men dead and two people injured. The first murder occurred around 11 p.m. Saturday night in Sheepshead Bay, where a 27-year-old man named Avery Kelly was gunned down in the entrance of an apartment building at 2258 Batchelder Street, just down the block from his residence. Police sources tell the Daily News they recovered more than 25 shell casings in the hallway of the building, and no arrests have been made. more ›

A Verizon worker was electrocuted to death earlier today in a tragic accident in Brownsville. The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was working from a bucket truck on a power line above the intersection of Christopher and New Lotts Avenues around 11:30 a.m. when something went terribly wrong. A wire appears to have gone loose and come into contact with the back of his neck, electrocuted him. more ›

An innocent bystander who was shot and killed on her stoop in Crown Heights feared gun violence at the West Indian Day parade. 56-year-old Denise Gay was shot in the head by a stray bullet fired by gunman Leroy Webster, who also shot and killed Eusi Johnson after a dispute. Webster, who also shot two police officers in a massive firefight on Franklin Avenue at Park Place, remains in critical condition, and did not die as was originally reported. "She was afraid to go outside because of the parade," Gay's sister tells the Daily News, "Denise was always worried about gun violence." Gay reportedly collapsed into her daughter's arms after being shot. "She thought her mother tripped. Her mother died in her arms," Gay's sister said. more ›

Last night, a man shot three people at a Brooklyn playground. One of the victims, a 19-year-old man, was shot in the head while a 9-year-old boy and his father were both shot in the leg. more ›

Friends of the 44-year-old stabbing victim who flipped his Range Rover over the curb, killing 13-year-old Kira Goddard on Saturday night, claim that the city is at fault in her death because they failed to pick up tree limbs in the road. "The only reason the car flipped over is because of the debris left in the street," a friend of Sean Lewis told the Post. Lewis was driving down Pacific Street in Brooklyn when he smashed into three parked vehicles, backed up and flipped over the curb, killing the girl as she rushed her five friends and sister to safety. more ›

This is going to make July 4th a lot more interesting: The NYPD has started using gunshot detecting sensors in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The sensors are set up on the street and in the projects, and are equipped to send alerts to the 73rd Precinct whenever a gun is fired. more ›

Two men were killed, including one young dad, and ten other people were injured in a spate of shootings throughout the city last night and early this morning. Queens father Anthony McRae, 22, was fatally shot around 4:45 a.m. this morning in front of the Hamzah Deli and Grocery on Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville. "He loved to work but we always said go back to school. Then he had a son. He always wanted to do best by him...Isn’t that something? He had to lose his father on Father’s Day," his Aunt, Vivian Presley, told the Post. more ›

On Friday night, a four-year-old Brooklyn boy was mauled to death by his family's pet dog. And neighbors are now saying that the Cane Corso dubbed "Machete", along with the family's other dogs, were trained to kill by Jayelin Graham's mother's boyfriend, Damian Jones: "He would hang stuff on trees or the school yard fence - stuffed animals or footballs - just so his dogs could rip the stuff up. It was an accident waiting to happen," neighbor Robin Parkinson told the Post. more ›

A four-year-old Brooklyn boy was mauled to death by his family's pet dog last night. Jayelin Graham's mother screamed in horror as the powerful Cane Corso tore into his throat. "That little boy looked like a rag doll. The dog ripped the baby's throat out," one woman who saw him taken from his apartment told the Post. more ›

A Brooklyn jazz musician who has been missing since last week was found dead in his home yesterday. Police found the body of bassist and pianist Stanley Wright, 62, in a storage chest in the basement of his Brownsville home. Police have not given a cause of death, but his sister, Theresa Wright, told CBS that she thinks he was killed by someone who “knew him very well,” but also added, “I can’t even think who would do something like this to my brother." more ›

According to the Post, a pimp was shot and killed and at least one of his alleged prostitutes was injured early this morning in a shooting in Brownsville. The shooting occurred around 2 a.m., when a man walked up to the green minivan in which the pimp and two of his ladyfriends were idling. The 44-year-old pimp was fatally hit in the back, one prostitute was uninjured, and a 30-year-old prostitute was shot in the right arm, torso and right leg. According to witness Kathy Way, the wounded woman limped out of the car, and sprawled across the vehicle’s hood covered in blood, crying "I’m pregnant and I’m shot." more ›

A Brooklyn dog lover who successfully sued the city in a police brutality case was found shot dead in her apartment building vestibule late Monday night. Relatives believe that Ashante Goodwin, 23, was trying to escape an attacker outside her Herkimer St. apartment in Brownsville. Goodwin had several prior arrests on her record, but family members and police could not pinpoint any motive for the murder. "She was a good person. She had no problems. I don't know what happened," her brother, Johnathan Goodwin, 16, told the News. more ›

Yesterday saw multiple shootings in Brooklyn, ending in three deaths and other injuries. 15-year-old Tyquan Jamison was one of the victims, shot at 3:30 a.m. on Monday on Glenmore Avenue with a bullet cops say was intended for his friend. Jamison was a junior varsity basketball player, and his coach told the Daily News, "I always tell the kids, you have to be a student-athlete. Being out at 3:30 in the morning, you're not being an athlete." more ›

The long article in today's Times about the NYPD's stop and frisk tactic is a great read, because it homes in on one eight block area of Brownsville, Brooklyn, where "a small army" of mostly rookie cops made nearly 52,000 stops in the past four years. The majority of the stop and frisks were justified by the suspect's "furtive movement," or "other." The arrest rate in the area is less than one percent; last year cops made 13,200 stops but arrested only 109 people. Since 2005, just 25 guns have been recovered from the 52,000 stops. And the names of all the individuals stopped go into a growing database that civil liberties groups are suing to shut down. more ›