Brooklyn
A man was found dead in a car parked on an East New York street Friday morning, authorities said. The 24-year-old man was found unresponsive in the passenger seat of the automobile on Essex Street near Linden Boulevard at about 7:30 a.m., according to cops. Police sources said he appeared to have suffered head trauma consistent with a gunshot wound. No weapon was found in the vehicle. Investigators are withholding the man’s identity pending family notification. The Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the circumstances of the death.
Manhattan
Two teens were arrested for allegedly mugging an 80-year-old woman in the West Village, authorities said. The elderly victim was on West Fourth Street near Cornelia Street at about 5:20 a.m. Thursday when one of the creeps ran up from behind and grabbed her purse, sending the senior tumbling to the ground, cops said. The victim suffered a minor knee injury, but declined medical attention. Shortly after the robbery, the victim’s credit card was used at a nearby CVS. Tega Douglas, 17, and Efrain Navedo, 18, were soon nabbed and charged with robbery.
Three men were slashed at the Union Square subway station early Friday, police said. The victims had just left nearby Webster Hall at about 4:40 a.m. when they exchanged words with a group of men on West 14th Street near Union Square. The argument spilled into the mezzanine level of the station, where the suspects allegedly slashed one man across the forehead and another on the face and shoulder, sources said. Arriving cops found a third victim nearby with a slash wound to the torso, authorities said. The three victims, whose ages weren’t immediately known, were in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital. Two suspects, ages 20 and 24, were being questioned, and charges were pending.
Police are asking for the public’s help identifying two suspects in a 2010 East Village murder. Devin Thompson, 37, was hanging out with two pals in the now-shuttered Sin Sin Leopard Lounge on East Fifth Street shortly before he was shot outside at about 4 a.m. on Aug. 22 of that year, cops said. Thompson was at East Fifth Street and Second Avenue when a gunman opened fire, hitting him in the arm and chest, said law-enforcement officials. Thompson, of East 26th Street, succumbed to his wounds at Bellevue Hospital eight days later. One of the suspects was sporting long dreadlocks, and was last seen wearing a Yankees baseball cap and a white T-shirt. His accomplice was wearing a short-sleeved, button-down shirt and had short, dark hair.
Two suspects robbed two Upper East Side stores at gunpoint Thursday, authorities said. The duo first struck at 4:05 p.m., bursting into MBA Wireless on Second Avenue near East 62nd Street and training a gun on a worker, according to law-enforcement authorities. Police said the duo fled with about $250. At 7:45 p.m. the bandits held up Cure Pharmacy on Third Avenue near East 61st Street, demanding oxycodone pills and cash. When a worker hesitated, one of the suspects fired a round into a wall, and the pair fled with $300 and a bag of pills, police said. The suspects are believed to be in their mid-to-late 30s, with both standing about 6 feet tall.
Queens
A homeless man was fatally knifed by a foe in Cambria Heights, cops said. The victim, 40-year-old Dshawn Rogers, was stabbed in the torso by the assailant on 230th Street near 116th Avenue at about 4:20 p.m. Thursday, officials said. Emergency responders found Rogers unresponsive, and rushed him to Jamaica Hospital, but he could not be saved. Police took a suspect into custody at the scene, and charges are pending. Rogers had 16 prior arrests, including for robbery and assault, sources said. Investigators did not immediately determine a motive in the slaying.
Police are investigating the death of a man found inside a parked car in Middle Village. The body of James Hanrahan, 25, was discovered in the vehicle near his 77th Street home around 8:50 a.m., Friday, cops said. EMS responded and pronounced Hanrahan dead at the scene. Police said there were no apparent signs of trauma or criminality. Investigators are waiting for the Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause of death.