Avenue A gunfire
Shots were reportedly fired in the East Village on Mon., Jan. 26, around 4:45 a.m., in front of 103 Avenue A, at E. Sixth St., the location of Hayaty, a Mediterranean restaurant and hookah lounge.
Police responded after multiple callers reported hearing gunshots in the vicinity of the location. Officers conducted a canvass of the area and did not find any victims, but did find six .380-caliber shell casings in front of the address.
According to the Ninth Precinct, an eyewitness stated that he was across the street from 103 Avenue A when he heard five to six shots ring out among a large crowd gathered there on the sidewalk. The eyewitness said the crowd members then dispersed, walking off in different directions, some leaving in vehicles. The witness told cops he didn’t know who had the firearm.
Police said they are investigating whether the crowd was from Hayaty, which was apparently closing around that time.
As for whether this shooting incident was in any way related to two shooting incidents last week on Avenues C and D, a Ninth Precinct source said it’s unknown at this point and is still being investigated.
Vladeck violence
On Mon., Jan. 26, at around 11:29 p.m., police responded to a call of a family dispute at the Vladeck Houses inside of 338 Madison St., in a second-floor apartment. Upon arrival, officers determined that a male had barricaded himself inside the apartment with a female.
Officers called in the Police Department’s Emergency Service Unit, which responded to the scene and established a dialogue with the suspect. While communicating with him, they heard the woman inside calling for help, stating she was being stabbed by the suspect.
Facing a possible life-threatening situation, E.S.U. officers forcibly entered the apartment and observed the man holding a knife to the victim’s neck. The suspect then began to stab the victim, at which point they deployed a Taser to stop him, but it had no effect on the attacker.
One officer then fired five shots at the suspect, striking him in the torso. E.M.S. medics responded and transported both the suspect — with three stab wounds to the chest — and victim, age 40, to Bellevue Hospital where the suspect was listed in critical but stable condition and the victim was in stable condition.
One officer was also removed to Bellevue for ringing in the ears — as a result of the loud gunshots in the confined space — and was treated and released.
Brian Quattrocchi, 27, was charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon. His address was given as 1322 Bedford Ave., the Bedford-Atlantic Armory Men’s Shelter.
Bridge jump
Police reported that a person jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and landed in the East River on Thurs., Jan. 22, at 11:20 a.m. The jumper was removed from the Manhattan side of the river near Pier 17 and, according to police, did not survive the fall. No further details were provided.
Struck by garbage truck
Police reported that a man was struck by a garbage truck at Hudson and Barrow Sts. on Wed., Jan. 21, at 11:21 p.m. He suffered a deep laceration to the leg.
Rivington St. shooting
On Mon., Jan. 26, around 7 p.m., a man, 22, was walking in front of 203 Rivington St. when another man approached and shot him four times in the back, police said.
E.M.S. medics responded and transported the victim to an area hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
The suspect was described as wearing white sneakers and a black jacket. Police have provided photos and a surveillance video of the wanted man. The shooting’s motive was unclear.
Grand St. cave-in
On Wed., Jan. 21, at 4:23 p.m., firefighters responded to a report of a construction worker “buried up to his waste in soil and rocks” at 413 Grand St. The firefighters got him out.
Unlocky for him
Making a few extra bucks cost one man a felony charge at the W. Fourth St. A train station on Wed., Jan. 21. The man approached a police officer, presumably not in uniform, that night at about 11 p.m., offering her a deal to swipe her through the subway turnstile. The officer then informed more police of the situation. When the other cops saw the wannabe entrepreneur, he sold them two more swipes for an overall deal of three swipes for $5.
When the police arrested William James, 32, for illegally selling subway fares that night, they found something else interesting in James’s right inside jacket pocket. They asked him why he had a lock inside of a tied sock.
“Because this is New York,” said James, according to a police report.
He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
Bad pizza takeout
Police arrested a man in connection with a Jan. 25 burglary of Ribalta Pizza, at 48 E. 12th St. Video surveillance captured footage of a suspect breaking in through the front door and taking $216 from the cash register at about 3:45 a.m. that day. Emilio Maldonado, 63, was charged with burglary.
Scent of a booster
A CVS employee caught a man red-handed as he slipped $63 worth of Dove deodorant into his jacket pocket at the chain store located at 75 Christopher St. The perpetrator attempted to flee after being confronted at about 1:15 a.m. on Tues., Jan. 20. When police caught up with him, they found credit cards and a check not belonging to him on his person, police said.
Denys Surhayenko, 25, was charged with petit larceny.
On track for trouble
Just after midnight on Wed., Jan. 21, a man sat down on a southbound subway train, then told a fellow straphanger that he had just gotten out of jail and wanted to see his daughter. After saying that, he then hit a 25-year-old man in the chest.
Police arrested David Lawrence, 34, at the W. Fourth St. subway station and charged him with misdemeanor assault. Lawrence is a transit recidivist, police say.
The victim refused medical attention.
Fat Cat bouncer attack
Employees of the Fat Cat at 75 Christopher St. would not let an intoxicated man enter the bar at midnight on Sat., Jan. 24. But the drunken man tried anyway before being grabbed by an employee who planned to escort him back onto the street.
Eric Leinward, 25, then allegedly punched the bar employee, 30, in the face, causing him to suffer some swelling, bruising and pain, according to police.
Leinward was charged with felony assault.
— Lincoln Anderson and Zach Williams
