May 1, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for a gunman who opened fire on Steinway Street, striking a 25-year-old man in the back, during the early morning hours of Saturday, April 26. The shooting went down at the gas station on the northeast corner of Astoria Boulevard… Read more »
April 27, 2025 By Dean Moses Detectives from the 114th Precinct and Police Service Area 9 are investigating a shooting in Astoria on Saturday night that left a man hospitalized. According to police sources, officers rushed to Astoria Houses located at 1-05 Astoria Blvd. at around 8:54 p.m. on April 26 after receiving reports of… Read more »
April 15, 2025 By Dean Moses Attorney General Letitia James has launched an investigation into the fatal police shooting of a 61-year-old man experiencing a mental health crisis while armed with a knife on a public sidewalk in Astoria, her office announced Tuesday. Police brass said that they attempted to de-escalate the shooting that happened… Read more »
Dec. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for a gunman who shot a 24-year-old man early Sunday morning. Officers responded to a 911 call of a person shot in the vicinity of Steinway Street and 20th Avenue, two blocks north of Ditmars Boulevard at 4:26 a.m. and… Read more »