All articles tagged with #lower east side
Actor Peter Greene, known for Pulp Fiction's Zed and The Mask's Dorian Tyrell, died in December at age 60 in Manhattan from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his left underarm; the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the cause, with no foul play suspected. Greene had a history of addiction and was scheduled for a benign lung-tumor procedure the day he was found.
Wei Hou was arrested after allegedly beating his 76-year-old mother to death in her Lower East Side apartment; he fled the scene but was later captured in Schodack, NY, after barricading himself in a motel and threatening self-harm. The investigation is ongoing, and Hou has a criminal history and was under supervision for a felony narcotics conviction.
A 76-year-old woman was found murdered with trauma to her head and body in her Manhattan apartment, prompting an ongoing police investigation and community concern, with no arrests made yet.
A woman was fatally struck by a turning SUV in a hit-and-run incident on the Lower East Side, with the driver fleeing the scene after the crash at Stanton and Clinton streets; the woman was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital, and an investigation is ongoing.
Four people were killed and at least two women were critically injured in a fire that broke out in a Lower East Side bike shop. The blaze began at around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday inside the store on Madison Street. The bike shop is part of a six-story building with multiple dwellings above it. The fire is under investigation.
Four people, two men and two women, were killed in a fire that broke out in an e-bike repair shop on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The fire began at around 12:15 a.m. on Tuesday and heavy smoke was seen coming from the building. Two women were critically injured and taken to local hospitals. The cause of the fire is under investigation.