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On Friday night, at the 7th Avenue and 51st Street intersection in Sunset Park, a Chinese restaurant deliveryman on a scooter collided head-on with an FDNY cruiser—a witness said Lin Chen, 36, was bleeding so much he looked dead (the photo is dramatic). Today, the Daily News reports that Chen remains in the ICU at Lutheran Medical Center. According to News and Post, FDNY EMS Deputy Chief Brian Milzoff will not be charged. Milzoff, whose lights and sirens were on (according to EMS sources that spoke to the News) had been responding to a call about a stabbing which later turned out to be false. The Post adds, "Witnesses wondered why Milzoff didn't get out to help the victim, but EMS sources said he was actually pinned in his car," and tests showed Milzoff was not drunk. Meanwhile, relatives are hoping the best for Lin, the married father of two young children; his nephew said, "Everyone feels bad, like sick. It's very hard."

Christopher Owen, 13, remains in critical condition after being shot in the head at a barbecue in Harlem early Sunday morning. Over three hundred people had attended the event, where a gunman apparently just started firing in the crowd. The Daily News reports, "Hordes of revelers were drawn there by food and drinks offered outside the Paris Blues lounge. The crowd grew unruly soon after midnight, as several small fights broke out among the predominantly teenage partygoers." Apparently some teens were seen running from the party before the gunman fired at the crowd. Besides Christopher, a 17-year-old and 26-year-old were each shot in the leg. Christopher's mother said, "He's a wonderful kid. Help me catch who shot my son."