In Other Brooklyn News

Police identified the teen as Jayden Velasquez, of Brooklyn. Friends affectionately called him “Gekko” and said he was well known around the neighborhood.

According to the NYPD, the victim and another woman were involved in an argument that turned violent. It happened just before 9:30am.

Two people are in custody after a string of gunpoint robberies in Brooklyn lead to a police officer involved shooting.

An 18-year-old has died after he was shot near a convenience store in Williamsburg on Wednesday night, police said.

An officer fired a shot during a gunpoint carjacking in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, according to police.

A suspect is under arrest after a 30-year-old mother was stabbed and killed at a barbecue in Brooklyn last month.

Six people were wounded in knife attacks while the remaining three fell victim to gun violence. All of the victims are expected to recover, according to police

The tragic incident shut down a stretch of Nostrand Avenue just before 8:30pm as the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad worked to uncover what happened during the man's final moments.

A 42-year-old man was apparently beaten to death in front of his house early Friday, and police are searching for the suspect who fled on foot.

Police are searching for two men wanted in a deadly stabbing in Brooklyn.