the pink houses
Man wounded, woman clings to life following Brooklyn shootingį¦
A woman was clinging to life after she and another man were shot by a gunman in East New York, Brooklyn, Tuesday night, police said. The woman, 33, was shšot...
Corrections officer arrested for deaš§ling drugs
A city corrections officer was arrested along with 13 others when police witnessed the group dealinš¼g drugs at a Brooklyn ź¦housing project, police sources said. Cammi Ortiz, 26, was among...
Girlfriend recounts Akai Gurley's final minutes
NYPD cš²op Peter Liangās manslaughter trial took a dramatic turn Tuesday when victim Akai Gurleyās girlfriend tearfully described watching himš bleed out in a darkened housing-project stairwell ā and jurors...
Jury selection starts in trial of cop's fatal stairwell shooting
Jury selešction began Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of rookie NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who killed an unarmed father of two when his service weapon went off in a dark...
Jurors will hear cop's statement to partner in fatal stairwell shooting
Lawyers for tš§he NYPD cop who accidentally shot an unarmed man during a patrol of Brooklynās notorious Pink Houses -- and then failed to come to his aid -- hź§inted...
Cop chargedš° in fatal stairwell shooting will take theąµ² stand
š The NYPD rookie cop who accidentally shot and killed an unarmed man in a housing project stairweāll in 2014 will take the stand at his upcoming Brooklyn criminal trial, his...
Tš¬rial date set for rookie cop who shot unarmed man in stairwell
A trial date has been set for the NYPD officer charged with accidentally killing an unarmed manš§ last year while on patrol. Peter Liang, 27, briefly appeared in Brooklyn Supreme...
Partner gošt immunity for testimony against cop in Gš·urley killing
The partner of a rookie cop who gunned down an unarmed man in a darkened Brooklyn housing-šproject stairwell received immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying against his brother in...
NYPD cop who shot Akai Gurley pleads nš¬ot guilty
The rookie cop who gunned down an unarmed man in a pitch-black stairwšell made a deadly mistake ā and then never got help for his victim, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken... š
NYPD cop who shot Akai Gurley in stairwell surrenderź§s
The rookie cop who gunned down an unarmed man in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing complex has turned himself in to authoritiesā to face charges including seconą¶£d-degree manslaughter. Stern-faced...
NYPD cop indicted in sštairway kiālling of Akai Gurley
A rookie NYPD officer will face criminal charges for the fatal shooting of an innocent man in a Brooklynā housing project, law enfš·orcement sources said Tuesday. Police Officer Peter Liang...
Rookie cop who fired fatal shź©µot: āI think IšÆām going to get firedā
The rookie cop who accidentally shot āand killed a man in a dark stairwell at a Brooklyn housing project knew he was in deep trouble as soon as he discharged...
'It was traumatizing': Woman who tried to save man fatally shot by rookie cop
A Brooklyn woman who was the first on the scene after a rookie cop shot an išnnocent dad says she found the victim face up and barely breathing ā and...
Death of man shot by NYPD rookie ruled 'homicide'
The death of Brooąµ²klyn dad Akai Gurley, who was shot and killed by a rookie cop in a pitch-black stairwell, has been ruled a homicide, the Medical Examinerās office announced....
Rookie NYPD cop who killed man 'very upset and distraught'
The rookie cop who accidentally shš¦ot š²and killed an unarmed Brooklyn dad in a dark housing-project stairwell is āvery upset and distraught,āā a source said, adding the officer sought solace...
'Wanted' posters of cop taped up at Pink Houses
Residents at the notorious Louis Pink Houses gave a thumbs-up Sš·aturday night to the latest notices to be taped to their lobby walls: posters reading āTHIS IS THE FACE OF...
Unarmed man killed by cop with itchyšŗ trigger finger š¦¹
ź¦ŗ The accidental killing of 28-year-old Akai Gurley by a rookie cop is rife with Āapparent protocol breaches, veteran cops and NYPD critics agreed Saturday. Officer Peter Liang ā a probationary...
Rookie NYPD cop 'very choked up' after seeing partner kill man
A rookie cop who saw his partner accidentally gun down an innāocent Brooklyn man was so shaken afterward that he could barely tell his superiors what happened, a law-enforcement source... ą±
š¼ Rookie cops often assigned to dangerous āvertical patrolsā
Fresh-fš aced rookie cops are thrown right into the fire when they graduate the Police Acadeš°my ā policing the stairwells of crime-ridden housing projects across the city on a beat called...
Living in fear at thše dā±ark & deadly hellhole houses
Dark hallways, a lack of security cameras and spotty elevator sšervice areš¤” par for the course in Brooklynās notorious Louis H. Pink Houses, which tenants say is completely neglected by...