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Emma Seiwell

Emma Seiwell has covered crime and breaking news for the Daily News since 2021. She is a graduate of Fordham University and previously worked for ABC News’ Investigative Unit.

A 911 call led NYPD officers to find the victim shot in the right leg on the corner of W. 175th St. and Macombs Road in Morris Heights just before 11 p.m. on September 2, 2023. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)

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Ex-con busted in fatal shooting at Bronx event held to honor neighborhood dead

February 9, 2024 at 9:50 p.m.

A 42-year-old ex-con wanted for a five-month-old fatal shooting at a Bronx barbecue honoring neighborhood friends who had recently died was grabbed by police trying to flee the country into...

Two ex-cons were arrested for the shooting and may be charged with murder if an autopsy determines the clot was caused by the shooting.

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NYC man shot in ankle, robbed of $45K Rolex later dies of blood clot

February 8, 2024 at 12:55 a.m.

Two ex-cons were arrested for the shooting and may be charged with murder if an autopsy determines the clot was caused by the shooting.

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann appeared in court as Long Island prosecutors shared with his lawyers evidence in the case.

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Gilgo Beach prosecutors hand over evidence to Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann’s lawyers

February 6, 2024 at 5:16 p.m.

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann appeared in court as Long Island prosecutors shared with his lawyers evidence in the case.

A homeless man first interviewed as a witness in a mysterious Queens death allegedly bludgeoned the victim and repeatedly bit him before choking him to death, the Daily News has learned.

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Grisly new details in Queens slaying blamed on homeless man

February 6, 2024 at 5:42 p.m.

A homeless man first interviewed as a witness in a mysterious Queens death allegedly bludgeoned the victim and repeatedly bit him before choking him to death, the Daily News has...

NYPD officers collar stray sheep on Brooklyn street

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Stray sheep wandering Brooklyn streets caught by cops

February 4, 2024 at 7:53 p.m.

Police found the fugitive farm animal in Sunset Park after a 911 caller reported a lone sheep hiding behind the bushes near 39th St. and Seventh Ave.

Manhattan district attorney preparing to present charges to Grand Jury in migrant beatdown case

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to present Times Square police beatdown case to grand jury

February 3, 2024 at 11:05 p.m.

A Manhattan grand jury will hear evidence about migrants' attacks on a group of NYPD officers outside a Times Square shelter, District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Saturday.

Jason Jackson, pictured, and his girlfriend, Olga Kirshenbaum, were both found dead in their apartment on Second St. near Fifth Ave. in Park Slope, cops said. (Facebook)

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Brooklyn couple’s apparent murder-suicide baffles friends, neighbors

January 28, 2024 at 4:13 p.m.

Jason Jackson and his girlfriend Olga Kirshenbaum, both 34, were found dead in their Park Slope apartment of gunshot wounds to their heads.

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Ex-con busted in fatal shooting at Bronx event held to honor neighborhood dead

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NYC man shot in ankle, robbed of $45K Rolex later dies of blood clot

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Gilgo Beach prosecutors hand over evidence to Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann’s lawyers

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Grisly new details in Queens slaying blamed on homeless man

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Stray sheep wandering Brooklyn streets caught by cops

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to present Times Square police beatdown case to grand jury

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Brooklyn couple’s apparent murder-suicide baffles friends, neighbors

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Brother of man found dismembered in Brooklyn refrigerator says he was no drug dealer

Boy, 15, killed while walking in Brooklyn intersection by chain-reaction vehicle crash

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Two straphangers robbed in separate Brooklyn and Manhattan subway incidents