NYPD: Messiah Nantwi arrested in Harlem smoke shop shooting
The 21-year-old is accused of shooting a 36-year-old man in the head around 8 p.m. Sunday inside the store.
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The 21-year-old is accused of shooting a 36-year-old man in the head around 8 p.m. Sunday inside the store.
The borough president says she's trying to stop the bloodshed, but needs help on the state and federal level.
People in the area said the smoke shop is known to attract trouble.
Police say a 36-year-old man was shot in the head Sunday night at a store on Lenox Avenue.
Police said it was unclear what led to the shooting and if the teen was targeted.
It happened just before 5 p.m. Saturday at Madison Avenue and East 132nd Street.
Detectives said it may have been a targeted shooting.
Police identified the victims as 22-year-old Xavier Roberts and 21-year-old Jaheim Hamilton.
The shooting happened shortly after 10 p.m. Monday on St. Nicholas Avenue near 116th Street.
According to police, a 29-year-old man was shot in the leg at around 8:15 a.m.
One man was stabbed to death after a fight with his neighbor, and 24 hours later, two people were shot in a car.
Police say the 26-year-old victim was shot in the face and died at the scene.
The former rapper was charged with killing 33-year-old body guard Ronald McPhatter inside the venue in 2016.
The officers were responding to a robbery in an apartment building that involved a group of five people.
It happened just before midnight on White Plains Road near East 241st Street in Wakefield.
Daryus Clarke, 20, was shot and killed while working at a Queens smoke shop Saturday.
Police say he fired the shot from outside the deli, and it struck the 31-year-old woman inside.
Police said the gun violence happened following an argument inside an unsanctioned social club on Saturday.
The latest happened Thursday near an elementary school playground in Mott Haven, the Bronx.
It happened around 4 p.m. Thursday outside P.S. 49 Willis Avenue School in the Mott Haven section.
Investigators say the suspect is classmate of the student who was shot near campus.
The unusual thing about the ring is that one of the alleged members had worked for a major gun manufacturer.
Police believe up to three shootings in Manhattan are connected, and said gang violence was behind one of them.
Police apprehended a suspect in the shooting, one of three to rock Manhattan on Tuesday.
Police say the 29-year-old victim was shot multiple times in the chest at around 8:30 p.m.
The shooting happened Saturday morning outside the business on north Conduit Avenue in Springfield Gardens. No arrests have been made. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
The agency says the DNA recovered from the glove also has a different profile than anyone in the Guthrie family, or investigators who worked the scene. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was last seen on Jan. 31 and was reported missing the following day, Feb. 1.
There are still no arrests in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance as law enforcement continue to track down leads. CBS News' Cristian Benavides reports.
A suspect was arrested after allegedly breaking into a Manhattan steakhouse, then assaulting a hotel worker early Saturday morning.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to a Bronx shooting that left one teenager dead and two hurt Wednesday.
The search for Nancy Guthrie is entering a third week. Late Friday night, police activity ramped up at a location about 2 miles from the missing 84-year-old's home. Andres Gutierrez reports.
Police are searching for the person who shot and critically injured a man in Queens on Saturday morning.
A man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly randomly attacked two women and a teenager in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. CBS News New York's Kristie Keleshian spoke with one of the victims.
It's been nearly three weeks since a January snowstorm hit New York City, and many cars still haven't moved.
Accumulating snow will return to the New York City area Sunday evening into Monday morning.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to a Bronx shooting that left one teenager dead and two hurt Wednesday.
A man was arrested Saturday after allegedly randomly attacking two women and a teenager in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
NYSNA ratified contracts with Montefiore and Mount Sinai, clearing the way for nurses to return to work Saturday after walking off one month ago.
Accumulating snow will return to the New York City area Sunday evening into Monday morning.
Valentine's Day will be mild in the New York City area, but snow may be on the way to end the weekend.
New Yorkers felt much better on Tuesday as a warm front moved toward the region. But, snow and ice could make for a potentially dangerous evening.
A Cold Weather Advisory is in place through 10 a.m. on Monday for the entire Tri-State Area. As a result, a First Alert Weather Day will be in play for at least part of the day.
A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly driving drunk in the Bronx and hitting pedestrians on a sidewalk Friday.
As construction on New Jersey's Portal Bridge gets underway, NJ Transit and Amtrak riders will see some major changes for the next month.
Accumulating snow will return to the New York City area Sunday evening into Monday morning.
Valentine's Day will be mild in the New York City area, but snow may be on the way to end the weekend.
A Palestinian woman who had been living and working in Paterson, New Jersey, suffered a seizure while in ICE custody in Texas, her legal team says.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said officials expected the Trump administration to release more than $200 million in frozen funds by Friday, but they did not.
Accumulating snow will return to the New York City area Sunday evening into Monday morning.
Potholes are causing even more crashes on an already dangerous stretch of New York 25 on Long Island, officials say.
Hicksville is New York's first school district to ban e-bikes after alarming statistics revealed at least 12 people, mostly young Long Islanders, died on them in the past three years.
It has been a brutal viral season, but as RSV cases surged in New York, Northwell Health doctors say infant hospitalizations remained down, thanks to a fairly new vaccine.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman accepted the Republican Party's nomination for New York governor on Wednesday at the GOP convention in Garden City.
President Obama spoke about the "unprecedented nature" of what he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents did in Minnesota.
It's the second time in as many weeks that government funding has lapsed as Democrats and the White House remain at an impasse over immigration enforcement policies.
The mayor announced the plan to redesign Fordham Road was back on during a comically tight press conference aboard an MTA bus.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said officials expected the Trump administration to release more than $200 million in frozen funds by Friday, but they did not.
President Trump pardoned five former NFL players - one posthumously - for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
NYSNA ratified contracts with Montefiore and Mount Sinai, clearing the way for nurses to return to work Saturday after walking off one month ago.
The longest and largest nurses strike in New York City history is set to end after over three weeks as NYSNA says it has a tentative agreement.
Mount Sinai Health System and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield failed to reach a contract agreement by Dec. 31, which means about 9,000 physicians are no longer considered in-network.
Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.
The goal is to get patients drunk and high at a new research lab on the border of Nassau County and Queens.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection said there was a "significant reduction in water usage" throughout the Big Apple during his show. That changed as soon as his performance ended.
Catherine O'Hara, known for her roles in "Home Alone," "Schitt's Creek" and "Beetlejuice," died on Jan. 30 at the age of 71.
LUAR Creative Director Raul López says Lady Gaga's salsa-inspired dress in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was a moment of pride for Caribbeans and Latinos.
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is one of the most-streamed artists on the planet.
The short-handed Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-110 on Wednesday night.
Jose Alvarado scored a season-high 26 points and Mikal Bridges added 22 points as the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 138-89 Wednesday night.
Pascal Siakam scored 30 points and the Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off the Knicks with a 137-134 overtime victory on Tuesday night.
Nic Claxton scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Nets to a 123-113 win over the Bulls on Monday night.
Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 St. John's outlasted pesky Xavier 87-82 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
A Brooklyn community is fighting to turn a forgotten landmark into a heritage center.
Edward R. Murrow High School's new boiler system cuts emissions while doubling as a hands-on sustainability lesson for students.
LUAR Creative Director Raul López says Lady Gaga's salsa-inspired dress in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was a moment of pride for Caribbeans and Latinos.
After their building managers were arrested on fraud charges, tenants in Queens say their apartments were left in chaos.
Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture centennial anniversary began last year, and 2026 marks 100 years since the library became owner of its namesake's personal collection, making it a full-fledged research center.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
Cosplayers flooded New York City's Javits Center in October 2024 for the annual New York Comic Con convention.
Some stops at landings had been temporarily suspended due to icy conditions. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez led his final Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows on Sunday in Corona, where he's been pastor since 2020. Back in December, the pope appointed him the next bishop of the Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
Thousands of Amtrak and NJ Transit riders are expected to be impacted. CBS News New York's Kristie Keleshian reports.
CBS News New York's Allen Devlin has more on the new investment for the popular Brooklyn neighborhood.
The shooting happened Saturday morning outside the business on north Conduit Avenue in Springfield Gardens. No arrests have been made. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
