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NYPD officers shot and killed a 54-year-old man who advanced toward them with a butcher’s knife during an assault call at 126 Ludlow St. on the Lower East Side. The man, Wei Chan, was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital; his 75-year-old father was injured but survived. Four FDNY members suffered minor injuries. The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is investigating, and the incident was captured on body-worn cameras.
A 54-year-old man, Wei Chan, attacked his 75-year-old father Chung Chan with a butcher knife in their Lower East Side apartment. Police confronted him as he advanced with the knife; officers discharged their firearms, killing him. The father was injured with a head laceration and hospitalized in stable condition. Authorities note the suspect had a documented mental-health history and there were no officer injuries, with an internal investigation expected."
Mick Betancourt, a veteran Reacher producer, chased a robbery suspect across New York City’s Lower East Side for about 15 minutes, covering roughly half a mile, until authorities detained the suspect and the injured store owner was hospitalized but alive. The NYPD later arrested 35-year-old Iysa Muhammad for robbery and second-degree assault. Betancourt, sober for more than two decades, called the incident a real-life moment straight from a crime drama and returned to work on Reacher season five.
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.