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Fatal Stabbings and Shootings Across NYC as Chicago Detains Six in Loop Killing

NYPD pursues leads across Midtown, Bronx homicides, urging public tips.

Overview

  • Police say a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death near West 49th Street and Seventh Avenue; investigators are searching for three suspects, including one described as wearing a purple hoodie.
  • A 39-year-old identified as Gibson Winters was shot outside a Hell’s Kitchen nightclub near West 46th Street and 12th Avenue and later died at the hospital; no arrests have been announced.
  • In the Bronx, 24-year-old Randy Blanche was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the head outside a Morris Heights building and was pronounced dead at BronxCare Hospital; a suspect in a black-and-orange coat was reported to have fled.
  • Two separate Brooklyn shootings left men hospitalized in stable condition, including a 22-year-old wounded in a Flatlands street-corner attack detected by ShotSpotter, with police seeking a gray sedan seen fleeing south on Utica Avenue.
  • Chicago police reported six people in custody after a man believed to be experiencing homelessness was fatally stabbed on South Wabash Avenue in the Loop, with charges pending and a reward of up to $10,000 offered for tips.