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Two Men Shot, One Fatally, in Front of Astoria Houses Friday Night

Astoria Houses (Queens Post)

Sept. 25, 2021 By Christian Murray

A 31-year-old man is dead and another man wounded after they were both shot in front of the Astoria Houses NYCHA complex Friday night.

Anthony Edwards, a resident of Astoria Houses, was shot in the face in front of the public housing development at around 11:10 p.m.  He was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital – Queens where he was pronounced dead.

A second man, 30, was also shot in the incident, and sustained a gunshot wound to the groin. He was taken to NYC Health & Hospitals/Elmhurst in stable condition.

The police have not made any arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.

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Anonymous

Where is Gianaris, Ramos and Caban; this is a new constant occurrence in our community and they are always MIA. That’s politics today, address only what’s good for you so you can stay in power. We need term limits for all politicians.

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Anonymous

Crime is down overall, you can Google nyc crime statistics. They have a 20 year comparison. Overall it’s lower. Fun fact, most violent crime due to drugs dropped drastically, not because of police but, drumroll, because of the invention of cellular phones. That is interesting but also makes sense. It is sad though when you see these stories :/ Humans just can’t get along :/

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Anonymous

Lol you guys downliking that comment are delusional. It’s facts. Sorry you guys substitute your fantasies for fact . Please get help

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Woodside Deserves better

DI Jenkins at the 114 has no comment as this is not in Astoria or covered by his 114 precinct. The 108 reminds DI Jenkins that they have lic, poorly, covered, but yes indeed: Astoria House is within his boundaries and, would you look at that, sonis a part of Woodside.

I predict retaliation at Woodside House with in ten days once the fuzz go back to sitting in the suv playing Candy crush and restart the body count.

Good job DI Jenkins, way to fail upward again.

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