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Brooklyn teen dies after being shot in head near high school; mother says son was ‘caught up in senseless warfare’

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But his sister Latoya, 33, denied that. “All he cared about was sports,” she said. “They tried to label him a gangbanger but that’s not true. His peers will say the same thing – the bullet wasn’t for him. He wasn’t a kid out there doing nothing and causing trouble. He wanted to go to college.”

Wilkerson had three prior arrests, including one for marijuana possession, police sources said.

The Brooklyn Warrant Squad took three people into custody after the shooting.

One of them, Malik Streat, 16, was carrying a .38-caliber handgun, the same caliber as shell casings found at the scene, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Thursday.

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Unraveling of Gunman Began Long Before Killing a Guard and Himself in Manhattan

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The foundations of Kevin Downing’s life had begun to crumble long before he opened fire at a federal building in Manhattan on Friday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/nyregion/unraveling-of-gunman-began-long-before-killing-a-guard-and-himself-in-manhattan.html

For $28 Million, Another Perch at One57

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/realestate/for-28-millionanother-perch-at-one57.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Gunman, security guard dead in shooting at federal building in New York

An armed veteran slipped through a side door of a federal building on Friday and shot a security guard in the head, killing him, before killing himself, police said.

Detectives were investigating what prompted the shooting of FJCSecurity Services guard Idrissa Camara, who was supposed to have gotten off work at 4 p.m. but agreed to stay on for an extra shift.

The shooter, Kevin Downing, entered through a side entrance of the Manhattan building, which houses an immigration court, a passport processing center and a regional office for the Department of Labor, police said.

Downing was a former federal employee at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, police Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said. But it was unclear if Downing, of Fort Lee, New Jersey, had worked at the building where the shooting occurred, about a mile and a half from the World Trade Center.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/21/gunman-security-guard-dead-in-shooting-at-federal-building-in-new-york/

GUNMAN, SECURITY GUARD DEAD IN SHOOTING AT N.Y. FEDERAL BUILDING

Detectives were investigating what prompted the shooting of FJC Security Services guard Idrissa Camara, who was supposed to have gotten off work at 4 p.m. but agreed to stay on for an extra shift.

http://www.infowars.com/gunman-security-guard-dead-in-shooting-at-n-y-federal-building/

Uber Missed Criminal Records of Drivers, Prosecutors Assert

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/20/technology/uber-missed-criminal-records-of-drivers-prosecutors-assert.html

Libertarians challenge New York’s pistol permit law

When Edward Garrett moved here from South Dakota, he went about getting a pistol permit.

Three years later, he’s suing New York State in Buffalo federal court.

“Whatever happened to the words, ‘shall not be infringed?’ ” asked Garrett, a Town of Evans resident and the new chairman of the Erie County Libertarian Party.

Garrett is one of eight plaintiffs in a new civil suit challenging the constitutionality of New York’s pistol permit law, a gun control law dating to 1911 and the Tammany Hall days of New York City.

The suit, filed on behalf of the local Libertarian Party, points to

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/federal-court/libertarians-challenge-new-yorks-pistol-permit-law-20150817

Morgan Freeman’s Goddaughter, E’Dena Hines, Stabbed to Death in New York City

In the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 16, E’Dena Hines, the goddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman was found dead in NYC’s Washington Heights neighborhood, police confirm to Us Weekly.

BIZARRE IMAGES OF “SATAN” APPEAR ON EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

Bizarre images of what some said represented “Satan” appeared on the Empire State Building in New York, causing Christians to freak out about a ‘demonic ceremony’.

The truth is somewhat different, but in a way it’s no less creepy….

http://www.infowars.com/bizarre-images-of-satan-appear-on-empire-state-building/