Nicole Johnson
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2 women robbed at knifepoint in Manhattan: police
HELL’S KITCHEN, Manhattan (PIX11) — Police are searching for two men who robbed two women at knifepoint in Manhattan Sunday. The robbery happened at the intersection of West 45th Street and Eleventh Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen just after midnight, according to the NYPD. Police said the two men approached the two women from behind. One […] → Read More
Man busted with ghost guns, drugs in Manhattan apartment: sources
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A man was caught with ghost guns, drugs, and explosives after authorities raided his Manhattan home Wednesday morning, according to law enforcement sources. Christopher Fox, 30, was arrested after investigators found pressure cookers, chemicals used for making drugs, ghost-gun parts, and a machine for pressing pills in the apartment […] → Read More
New video shows hazmat suit-clad man wanted in fatal NYC shooting
NEW YORK (PIX11) – New surveillance video obtained by PIX11 News shows a serial robber in action, according to police. In the video, the suspect is wearing a white hazmat suit, demanding cash and a cellphone from a bodega worker in Brooklyn at gunpoint. The suspect is also wanted for fatally shooting a Manhattan bodega […] → Read More
Woman left bloodied, afraid after random attack in Midtown Manhattan
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) — A woman is afraid to walk the streets alone after she was randomly attacked by a man with a screwdriver in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday. The 61-year-old victim was on 57th Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue when the man walked up and stabbed her in the arm around 3:40 p.m., […] → Read More
Travis Scott allegedly punched NYC nightclub worker, caused $12K in damage: sources
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) — Rapper Travis Scott was being sought by police Wednesday in connection to a Manhattan assault case, law enforcement sources told PIX11 News. Scott, 31, allegedly punched a sound engineer in the face and caused about $12,000 worth of damage to equipment at Nebula, a nightclub on West 41st Street in Midtown, […] → Read More
Queens man still critical days after trying to stop car thieves: NYPD
SOUTH OZONE PARK, Queens (PIX11) — A Queens man remained in critical condition on Thursday, days after he tried to stop thieves from stealing his car. Tauree Thompson, 28, left his Lexus SUV running on Monday night in a Taco Bell parking lot on Liberty Avenue, police said. Video shows three teens getting inside. Thompson, […] → Read More
Woman shot in the eye during a brawl with neighbors in NYC building: sources
HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — A woman was shot multiple times, including once in the eye, while feuding with neighbors in an apartment building in Manhattan on Wednesday, according to law enforcement sources. The 41-year-old victim was also struck in the abdomen and the buttocks when gunfire erupted in the sixth-floor hallway of the building on […] → Read More
Brooklyn father pushed onto subway tracks by stranger: ‘He’s going to kill me’
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A Brooklyn father is speaking out after a complete stranger pushed him onto subway tracks in an unprovoked attack Sunday. Pierre Augustin, 66, said his attacker threatened to kill him right before he pushed him onto the Manhattan-bound tracks at the President Street station in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. “I said, […] → Read More
Man, 62, accused of attacking Manhattan food vendor with crowbar
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A man allegedly attacked a food vendor with a crowbar in a Lower Manhattan park on Saturday morning, police said. Felix Noel, 62, allegedly beat the 45-year-old food worker with the crowbar in City Hall Park at around 8 a.m., according to the NYPD. The victim was taken to the hospital […] → Read More
Suspect in Brooklyn U-Haul ‘rampage’ was acting out, not taking his medications, son says
BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (AP, PIX11) — The son of the alleged U-Haul driver involved in a “rampage through Brooklyn” on Monday identified his father as the man arrested by the NYPD. Police didn’t immediately release his name, but his son identified him as Weng Sor, and told The Associated Press he had a history of […] → Read More
Victim of shooting outside Brooklyn school speaks out
WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A day after a shooting outside of Williamsburg Charter High School in Brooklyn, one of the two teens shot is speaking out. A 17-year old victim said he had no idea what was going on during dismissal when a fight escalated to an all-out brawl. More than a dozen teens were […] → Read More
Off-duty NYPD officer dies days after Brooklyn shooting
BROOKLYN (PIX11) — An NYPD officer died on Tuesday, days after he was shot while off duty in Brooklyn, Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. Adeed Fayaz, a five-year veteran of the department, was critically injured Saturday during an attempted robbery. He spent days in the hospital fighting for his life. “Police Officer Adeed Fayaz was a […] → Read More
Person of interest in custody in Brooklyn shooting of off-duty NYPD officer: sources
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Police took a person of interest into custody on Monday in the Saturday shooting of an off-duty NYPD officer, sources said. The man, who’s in his 40s, was taken into custody by the Regional Fugitive Task Force after a widespread manhunt. The man was found at a hotel in Spring Valley. […] → Read More
Off-duty NYPD officer shot during robbery in Brooklyn: sources
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – An off-duty NYPD officer was shot during a robbery in Brooklyn Saturday evening, sources said. The off-duty officer was trying to purchase a car when he was robbed and shot on Ruby Street in The Hole area, sources told PIX11 News. The officer was reported in grave condition, the sources said. […] → Read More
NYPD units under scrutiny after Tyre Nichols death
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE THAT MAY BE DISTURBING TO VIEWERS. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. NEW YORK (PIX11) — The Memphis police chief disbanded the city’s so-called Scorpion unit on Saturday, citing a “cloud of dishonor” from newly released video that showed some of its officers beating Tyre Nichols to death after stopping […] → Read More
Subway crime dropping: Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Some encouraging news for subway riders from New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul. They said overall major crime is down in the systems, and they are asking more riders to trust that the subway is safe. PIX11’s Nicole Johnson has more in the video player. → Read More
E-bike battery starts fire at unlicensed day care in Queens, officials say
KEW GARDENS HILLS, Queens (PIX11) — An electric bike battery charging in the basement of a Queens home sparked a fire that injured more than a dozen children at an unlicensed day care Wednesday, officials said. Fines were issued after a fire broke out at a home near 72nd Drive and 147th Street in Kew […] → Read More
Manhattan woman, 74, found dead and tied up in her UWS home: NYPD
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A 74-year-old woman was found dead with her hands and feet tied inside her Upper West Side apartment, authorities said Friday. Maria Hernandez was found by her sister lying unresponsive on the floor, bound with rope, and covered with a sheet around 9:55 p.m. on Wednesday inside the apartment […] → Read More
Boy, 13, arrested in shooting of 2 other teens outside Queens school: police
CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, Queens (PIX11) — A 13-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly shooting two fellow teens outside a Cambria Heights high school, according to authorities. The accused assailant, whose name has not been disclosed by police due to his age, is charged with four counts of assault, plus two counts each of reckless endangerment […] → Read More
Tractor-trailer driver dies after crashing over Westchester guardrail
HARRISON, N.Y. (PIX11) – The driver of a tractor-trailer died in a crash in Westchester County on Wednesday, officials said. The accident happened just before 10:20 a.m. on the westbound New York State Thruway in Harrison, according to a New York State Police spokesperson. The driver of the tractor-trailer lost control on the elevated exit […] → Read More