This year, the Big Apple has seen a number of violent crimes that have sparked local and national outrage, from the murder of an NYPD police officer to a fatal broad daylight stabbing to the brazen arson murder of a woman sleeping on a Brooklyn train. It shook.
Overall serious crime on both the city's streets and subways has decreased this year, according to the latest data updated Sunday.
But felony assaults, especially on the streets, jumped about 5% compared to last year, and homicides on the railroad tracks doubled from five to 10.
Here are some of the Post's most shocking crime stories of 2024.
Immigrant teen shoots dead tourist, fires at security guard and NYPD officer
On February 8, a 15-year-old immigrant shot and killed a tourist while firing at a security guard in the heart of Times Square, then pointed the gun at an NYPD officer, police said.
Jesús Alejandro Rivas-Figueroa of Venezuela and two other teens were stopped by security when they tried to shoplift from JD Sports at West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue around 7 p.m. It is said that
Rivas-Figueroa then pulled out a .45-caliber pistol and fired at the security guard, but the bullet accidentally struck the Brazilian tourist in the leg, police said.
Rivas-Figueroa, who was on the run, then allegedly fired twice at the pursuing officers, but both shots missed.
Officials said the boy was charged as an adult but needed to be placed in a juvenile facility because of his age.
NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller dies during traffic stop
Jonathan Diller, 31, a three-year veteran of the New York City Police Department and a married father, was shot and killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop in Queens on March 25.
Diller had gone to check on a suspicious Kia Soul parked at a bus stop in Far Rockaway, where the alleged gunman, Guy Rivera, 34, was behind the wheel. He was sitting with Lindy Jones, 41, an associate of the suspect who was holding the gun.
Diller noticed what appeared to be a gun in Rivera's sweatshirt pocket and ordered the ex-con out of the car, only for him to fire.
Diller, who was posthumously promoted to detective, was punched under his bulletproof vest and gasped, “I've been hit!” before it collapses.
He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Mr. Rivera and Mr. Jones were arrested and subsequently ordered held without bail.
A madman slashes an 11-year-old girl in a harem.
A maniac allegedly punched a woman in the face and slashed an 11-year-old girl with a box cutter in Harlem in broad daylight, authorities said, before vigilantes took matters into their own hands.
Shaquan Cummings, 30, allegedly yelled “fuck you, stop doing that” and punched a 43-year-old woman in the face outside the 116th Street 6 subway station. At 2:15 p.m. on May 10, the prosecutor announced.
The man then crossed the road and slashed the 11-year-old girl, who was walking with her mother, in the head with a box cutter, leaving a 7-inch gash behind her ear, prosecutors said.
As police attempted to arrest him, an enraged crowd of local residents attempted to attack Mr. Cummings (who, according to sources, had been arrested by more than 20 people in the past).
He is currently facing multiple charges including assault, attempted assault, endangering the welfare of a child and possession of a weapon, prosecutors said.
Innocent 7-year-old girl hit by stray bullet in New York
A 7-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet during a broad daylight shooting in a corner of Harlem on Nov. 11, authorities and sources said.
A bullet pierced the abdomen of a young man who was walking with his family at the intersection of West 145th Street and Bradhurst Street around 2:50 p.m., police and officials said.
Prosecutors and sources say Daniel Idowu, 19, and True Womack, 17, targeted another group in a possible gang-related assault and accidentally killed young Fatu Keita. It is said that he punched her.
The two teens were charged separately in New York State Supreme Court with attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to the DA's office.
During the young teen's arraignment, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Stephen Antignani said the shooting “shocks the conscience of anyone living in New York.”
3 people killed in Manhattan stabbing
On November 18, a homeless man with a long rap sheet senselessly stabbed three people to death in a broad daylight rampage across Manhattan, police said.
Ramon Rivera, 51, killed a 36-year-old male construction worker who was waiting to be picked up from work, a 67-year-old man who was fishing in the East River, and a 36-year-old woman on the terrifying morning. allegedly targeted. The attack ranged from Chelsea to the shadow of the United Nations building.
Officials said Rivera later coldly told police he chose his victims because he was “lonely” and “distracted.”
At his arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court, he was charged with first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder, and pleaded not guilty.
United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson murdered on Midtown Street
A gunman, fueled by anger at the health care industry, brazenly targets UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside the Midtown Hilton Hotel where he was attending an investor conference in a videotaped attack. The authorities announced that he had also been executed.
Suspected killer Luigi Mangione, 26, who police say used a ghost gun in the Dec. 4 morning slaying, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, less than a week after a nationwide investigation. was arrested at a McDonald's.
Mr. Mangione faces federal murder, firearms and stalking charges, but he also faces 11 charges in state court, including first-degree murder in aid of terrorism, a law rarely used. Other charges include second-degree murder and several illegal firearms. crime of possession.
Immigrant arrested for arson of woman in subway attack
An immigrant man allegedly burned a woman to death as she slept in a horrifying incident on a Brooklyn subway train, then sat quietly near her as she was consumed by flames, according to police and chilling footage from the scene.
Sebastian Zapeta Khalil, 33, of Guatemala, is the first suspect in connection with the shocking murder of Debrina Khawam, 61, on the F train in Coney Island on December 22nd. He was charged with first- and second-degree murder and arson. Stillwell Avenue.
Although Khawam is known as a homeless person, he is originally from New Jersey.
In the wake of the shocking murder, the Guardian Angels, a volunteer vigilante group wearing red berets, stepped up patrols of the city's subways.
