VPN-978

03/30/1997
UNHOLY ACT AT CHURCH ON EASTER
136-76 41 AVE, FLUSHING, QUEENS
-EXT OF CHURCH, EASTER SUNDAY MORNING, NYPD POLICE OFFICER CORDONS OFF CHURCH AND ENTERS SACRISTY DOOR
-CHURCH ROBBBERY, CRIME SCENE, SIGN FOR ST. MICHAEL'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
-CHURCH INT, EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE IN SPANISH, CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON CRUCIFIX
-CONGREGATION LEAVES AFTER MASS AND GREET PRIEST, INTERVIEW WITH MEMBERS ON STREET, SHAKING HANDS
-HISPANIC TEEN TALKS ABOUT SERMON, CUTE LITTLE GIRL TALKS ABOUT ROBBERY, APPROX 700-800 DOLLARS STOLEN
-NYPD 109 PRECINCT CAR

03/30/1997
PERSON SHOT ???
41-01 12 ST, LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE, BACK UP THE CAMERAMAN, HOUSING PROJECTS, NYPD POLICE CAR PSA LEAVES
-STREET SIGN: 41 AVE AND 12 ST

O3/31/1997
MALE SHOT AT A CLUB
283 SPRING ST AT HUDSON ST, MANHATTAN, SOHO, WEST VILLAGE AREA
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS IN LOBBY OF BUILDING, MURAL OF SUN AND SKY ON WALL, RAINY NIGHT, COPS INVESTIGATE, EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK ON SCENE
-STREET SIGN: VANDAM AND HUDSON STS

03/31/1997
WHO'S DEAD IN BROOKLYN TRAIN YARD
AVENUE Z AND SHELL ROAD, CONEY ISLAND TRAIN YARD
-BODY OF WHITE MALE ON ROAD IN POURING RAIN AND SNOW, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS DRINK COFFEE, MEDICAL EXAMINER ON SCENE
-LOOKS LIKE GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD, EXECUTION STYLE MURDER, CRIME SCENE UNIT
-STREET SIGN: SHELL ROAD AND SHORE PKWY

04/01/1997
APRIL SNOW STORM
125 ST AND HARLEM RIVER DRIVE, MANHATTAN
-HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT YARDS, FILLING TRUCKS WITH SALT, SNOWY NIGHT, NYC, BLIZZARD

04/01/1997
BRONX TWO ALARM BLAZE
3626 BAYCHESTER AVE AND NEEDHAM AVE, BRONX
-AMBULANCE INT, MAN TREATED FOR HEAD WOUND, OUR LADY OF MERCY AMBULANCE ON STREET, MANY FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK IN THE SNOW, PORTABLE COMMAND CENTER, TOUGH JOBS
-BLACK FEMALES IN AMBULANCE RECEIVES OXYGEN
-FDNY AMBULANCE BACKS UP IN SNOW
-MAN WITH HEAD BANDAGED
-STREET SIGN: NEEDHAM AVE, CARDINAL SPELLMAN PLACE

04/01/1997
STORE COLLAPSE
224 ST AND 225 ST ON WHITE PLAINS ROAD, BRONX, WILLIAMSBRIDGE SECTION
-MANY FDNY FIREFIGHTERS DIGGING THROUGH RUBBLE, DAY TIME EVENT, AWNING FOR PIZZA AND DONUT STORE, UNDER THE EL TRAIN
-FIREMAN SHIMMYS UP RESCUE LADDER UNDER POWER LINES, TRIES TO REMOVE BRICKS ON TOP AT C-TOWN GROCERY STORE
-STATEMENT BY FDNY DEPUTY CHIEF ABOUT STORE COLLAPSE, ONE INJURY, WEATHER MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE **HARD TO UNDERSTAND**
-DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS OFFICIAL SPEAKS
-STREET SIGN: EAST 224ST AND WHITE PLAINS ROAD

04/01/1997
TREE DOWN
NEW ENGLAND THRUWAY AND HUTCHINSON RIVER PARKWAY
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND CUT UP TREE, BACKED UP TRAFFIC, NYPD HIGHWAY POLICE CARS

04/01/1997
THEY'RE BUSTED WITH FIREWORKS
200-01 34 AVE, QUEENS, BAYSIDE
-DAY TIME EVENT, NYPD POLICE DETECTIVES IN FRONT OF HOUSE, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE, CU OF BOXES ON FIREWORKS IN GARAGE, DETECTIVES SHOW HUGE MORTAR SHELLS, MADE IN CHINA, POLICE DOG SNIFFING PROPERTY, K-9
-STATEMENT BY ASST CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL LOUIS GARCIA, FIRE WORKS TASK FORCE INVESTIGATION, DANGEROUS CLASS B FIREWORKS
-FIREMARSHAL BREAKS IN HOUSE, BOMB SQUAD PERSONNEL, MEN REMOVE FIREWORKS TO LARGE TRUCK
-STREET SIGN: 34 AVE AND 200 ST

04/01/1997
MOM BURNS HER CHILD ON RADIATOR
28 PRECINCT STATION HOUSE, MANHATTAN, HARLEM
-PERP WALK OF BLACK FEMALE HANDCUFFED AND HIDING HEAD, LED OUT OF PRECINCT AND INTO NYPD POLICE CAR
-EXT OF 28 PRECINCT

04/02/1997
320 WEST 139 ST NEAR EDGECOMB AVE, HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-NYC EMS AMBULANCE ON SCENE, BLACK MALE ON STRETCHER PASSED OUT, FIREFIGHTER PATS HIM ON CHEST, EXT OFBUILDING, FIREMEN FOLD BACK HOSES ON TRUCK
-STREET SIGN: EDGECOMB AVE AND 139 ST

04/02/1997
MALE ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY
216 ST AND 106 AVE, QUEENS VILLAGE
***PLEASE SEE FULL STORY ON VPN-979***
-DAY TIME ARREST, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK AND COPS IN RIOT GEAR, READY TO BREAK DOWN DOOR, LOOKS LIKE STAGED EVENT, WOMAN OPENS DOOR AND WALKS OUTSIDE, ASSAULT POLICE ENTER HOUSE

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