Police say that a knife-wielding man attempted a "suicide by cop" in the offices of a newspaper in upstate Schenectady yesterday—and despite being shot three times, he is expected to survive. “At this point, we’re forced to believe that this was an attempt of suicide by the police. We have spoken with a family member, who indicates to us this subject lately has been expressing suicidal thoughts," said Public Safety Commissioner Wayne Bennett. more ›

Armed with two loaded pistols, 45-year-old Carl Lastorino of Brooklyn stormed into Peter’s Tire and Rim Shop in East New York yesterday just before 5 p.m. and screamed, "Peter, this is for you!" before opening fire, police say. The alleged recipient of Lastorino's largess was presumably the shop's owner, 49-year-old Peter Argentina, who was shot once in the right shoulder and once in the right hand. Fortunately, he's in stable condition at Brookdale University Hospital. Lastorino, on the other hand, is dead. more ›

Police say they fatally shot Inwood resident Emmanuel Paulino as he charged at them with a knife early Sunday morning, and they released a transcript of his 911 call declaring his desire to kill cops. Paulino even provided his address, and when cops arrived, they failed to subdue him with a Taser failed and opened fire. But Paulino's family says the police overreacted and failed to help their emotionally disturbed relative. more ›

Early Sunday morning, Inwood resident Emmanuel Paulino called 911 and told the operator, "I want you to call the cops cause I'm ready to kill." Paulino, 24, was reportedly in a fight with his girlfriend around 5:30 a.m., and called 911 to commit "suicide by cop," according to one police source. Here's the transcript of the 911 call: more ›

A 911 call about a burglary in Marine Park yesterday led to gunfire and the suspect taking his own life, according to police. Cops were called to Quentin Road, a suburban, tree-lined street, around 6:20 p.m., encountering the suspect as he left a house on the corner of East 37th Street. Police say the man opened fire, and an NYPD sergeant fired back, hitting him in the leg. He then ran around the corner, and police say that's when they heard another gun shot. more ›

Rachel Aiello, the widow of the ex-NYPD officer Jason Aiello, who was fatally shot in a shootout ruled "suicide by cop" this summer, is preparing to file a wrongful death suit against the city. The Advance reports that a successful motion to preserve 911 tapes of the incident filed by her lawyer last month stated, "[Aiello] was armed, but there was ample opportunity to disarm him without the use of deadly force." Police responded after Aiello had escaped from a psychiatric facility where he was being treated for bipolar disorder. There were immediate tensions between the family and the NYPD following the shooting with claims by the Aiellos that Rachel was holding the weapons that previously had been in her husband's possession and that Jason had never even fired at the cops. Both officers involved with the shooting are expected to go through the standard grand jury proceedings. more ›

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 they returned fire, but lawyer Peter Antioco claims Aiello never fired and wasn't even armed when shot. Family members are saying the NYPD isn't offering to provide pallbearers or a police escort for Aiello's funeral, while his cousin said the city should pay for funeral expenses. And the Advance reports that Aiello's 7-year-old son saw the shooting, wondering, "Why did they do that?" more ›

Law enforcement sources think Jason Aiello, a former NYPD sergeant, wanted to commit "suicide by cop" yesterday. After escaping the psychiatric facility at a local hospital early Tuesday morning, Aiello was fatally shot after refusing to put down his weapons outside his Staten Island home. more ›

There was another police-involved shooting this morning: Around 7AM, retired NYPD sergeant Jason Aiello, who had escaped from a hospital's psychiatric ward, was outside his home in Rosebank, "armed with a few weapons and screaming." Police say they repeatedly asked Aiello to drop his weapons, but when he didn't, he was shot in the head. WABC 7 suggests it could have been "suicide by cop," and the police told the Advance Aiello's children were "in the immediate vicinity." Aiello had worked as a bodyguard for a Staten Island jeweler who was gunned down in May. Aiello was present and the FBI has been investigating that case, suspecting that jeweler Louis Antonelli, who may have worked with the the Genovese crime family, could have been targeted by the mob. more ›