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Bronx Cop Killed in Manhattan Office Shooting

Midtown Office Building Shooter Slays Four The dead included a NYPD officer working a paid detail as well as the shooter, who stormed into the midtown office building with a M4 rifle before apparently taking his own life.   This article originally appeared in The City By Claudia Irizarry Aponte  The City July 29, 2025 NEW YORK - Four people including a NYPD officer were killed and another person was in critical condition after a shooter stormed a Midtown office building on Monday evening.  The suspected shooter is also dead, city officials said. One of the victims was Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old off-duty police officer in the 47th Precinct in The Bronx who was working a paid detail, in uniform, providing security in the office tower, which houses financial giants including Blackstone, as well as corporate offices for the Na...

Holiday Housing Fire Displaces Residents, Injures Firefighters

 

By David Greene

Bronx Voice 

November 27, 2023 


BRONX - Three firefighters and one civilian are recovering after a fast-moving high-rise fire at the New York City Housing Authority’s Mitchel Houses—a fire that displaced an unknown number of residents just three days after Thanksgiving.


Fire officials reported that the blaze broke out inside an 8th-floor apartment at 11:01 a.m. on Sunday, November 26.


A Citizen's App video showed fire pouring out of two windows before firefighters set up two tower ladders at the window of the 20-story building at 215 Alexander Avenue and East 137 Street, in the Mott Haven section of the borough.


A fire official told the Bronx Voice that 78 FDNY and EMS personnel from 20 units battled the blaze and quickly brought the fire under control in 42 minutes.


The official added that three firefighters and one civilian all suffered minor injuries. The three firefighters were transported to New York Presbyterian Hospital and the civilian was removed to Lincoln Hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.


With the holiday season upon us, the FDNY would like to remind shoppers to make sure that all electronic devices are UL certified, meaning the device, batteries and charger have gone through rigorous testing and meet the highest standards of safety.

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