Manhattan
On Thursday afternoon in Times Square, a navy veteran high on angel dust was speeding south on 7th avenue abruptly reversed course, sped up north on the sidewalk and hit various people, killing one and injuring 22 and crashed his vehicle into bollards on the corner of 45th st, in an imitation of recent attacks in England and France encouraged by the terror organization ISIS using vehicles to cause mass casualties. Mayor De Blasio announces repeatedly with desperate fervor to available press that it was not terrorist related. Although not related, it was terrorist influenced, as it turns out his motive was just to kill as many people as he could. Unrelated, the killer was a believer in Scientology. Definitely unrelated and repulsive, Marla Maples, The Godfather President’s second wife, was at the crime scene taking pictures of herself for her Instagram account under the ruse of “sharing prayers” with the frightened people there.
At the Columbus Circle station in Midtown, a shoplifter ran into the subway pursued by 2 plain clothes cops escaped when the token clerk wouldn’t open the service door. When the cop showed his badge, the clerk deliberately move slow to activate the door. As the cop demanded his MTA badge and name, the clerk first ignored him then shoved his badge in the cop’s face and later cut him on the hand when he grabbed it after the cop looked at it, leading to his arrest on charges of obstruction, resisting arrest and assaulting an officer.
On the east side of Midtown, a crowbar fell off a newly built luxury tower on 59th st. landing on a taxi and injuring the driver
At the Upper East Side on Park Ave., a construction worker at a building under repair injured his leg and hip after he fell on a steel beam.
In the Lower East Side at the East River Park, a man shot himself to death with a makeshift gun.
Also in the Lower East Side, at a playground by the FDR drive, a 15 year old on a swing was shot in the face by a BB gun shooter.
At a homeless shelter in Harlem, a woman stabbed her boyfriend in the neck and killed him around 6:50 p.m.
Two men fighting outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal by Times Square led to a slashing. The attacker fled, blended into the crowd and escaped.
In Inwood, a man beat the daylights out of two men who were sitting down, leaving one of the victims brain dead. It stemmed from salacious comments made towards the suspects girlfriend.
Queens
A music school teacher who runs the Long Island City Academy Of Music in L.I.C. was involved in a child trafficking and prostitution ring.
At a playground by 88 st. and Atlantic ave. in Ozone Park at 9:30 p.m., a man was shot dead after a rumble between gangs.
A man attempted suicide when he laid down on the tracks as the train arrived on the N line between stops at Ditmars ave and Queens Plaza in Astoria. He survived but his legs got hacked off.
In Jamaica, A student at the High School of Law Enforcement and Public Safety (???) yelled a bigoted slur and spat at a Muslim girl and grabbed her hijab.
Also in Jamaica, a woman walking on Guy R. Brewer blvd. was shot at from a passing vehicle.
A man robbed 2 banks on the same day in Elmhurst. He is also suspected of robbing 3 banks in Manhattan
In Forest Hills in front of a public school, an 18 year old arranged a meeting around 4:15 p.m. with another teen when 20 other kids showed up and chased and beat him down and wound up getting stabbed in the back.
In Flushing, a man leaving a supermarket got hit in the face with a rock after an argument with another man.
Brooklyn
A little 8 year old girl was injured, left bloodied on the street and hospitalized by a hit and run driver at 5:30 p.m. in Marine Park.
At a parking lot in East Williamsburg, a jeweler previously shot at and robbed in his neighborhood 11 years ago, was sucker punched and beaten profusely and robbed of $80,000 worth of diamonds.
After a rap concert at Barclay’s Center by Atlantic Yards, a song being played on the P.A. system ended with simulated gunshots that caused a panic in the audience leaving the arena and turning into a stampede, causing chaos and injuries.
A 14 year old kid stabbed another kid with scissors over a skateboard at a playground of a charter school in Williamsburg at 11:00, an area known for electronic music rooftop parties.
In Flatbush-Ditmars Park, a teenager was beaten down and almost robbed by four other teenagers consisting of 2 boys and 2 girls. One of the suspects was detained by police and tried to flee from custody.
In East Flatbush, a man was found dead in a car riddled with gunshot wounds.
In Crown Heights, a man finishing walking his dog came home and got ambushed by a woman who hit him with a meat cleaver cutting his head and fled with an accomplice. A 53 year old man knocked down a 60 year old woman and stole her shopping cart, and a 23 year old man tried to flee an auto collision and wound up hitting a pedestrian.
Bronx
In Fordham Heights, a NYPD patrol car was shot at by 3 men firing BB guns from the roof of a building, breaking the windshield.
At at church in Williamsbridge woman tried to burn it down from the inside using a bottle of rum and a match.
In Morris Heights, a man was found dead riddled with bullets in his car around 9:30 p.m.
In Fordham Manor, an Iraq War veteran was mugged and beaten by two men who stole his service dog.
Staten Island
In Eltingville, a man driving drunk totaled his car and injured his passengers when he crashed into a telephone pole