​DATE: Friday, Feb. 5 at 11:23 p.m. LOCATION: 381 Edgecombe Ave, Harlem. Police say a 17-year-old named Ruben Larios was found late Friday in the lobby of his apartment building with two gunshot wounds to the chest. He was transported to Harlem Hospital, where he was later declared dead.

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​DATE: Saturday Feb. 6, 2010, 4:27 a.m. LOCATION: 1234 Union Ave., Morrisania, The Bronx. Police say a man was shot repeatedly in the lobby of the above address. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was declared dead about an hour later. His identity has yet to be released. (Know anything about this case? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com)

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​DATE: Saturday Feb. 6, 2010, 6:20 a.m. LOCATION: Vicinity of East 115 Street & 2nd Avenue, Harlem. Police say a man in his twenties was stabbed once in the chest early today. He was declared dead at the scene. A knife was found there. His identity has yet to be determined. (Know anything about this case? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com.)

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DATE: Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, 12:55 a.m.
LOCATION: 35-35 DeKalb Ave., Norwood, The Bronx.

Someone shot a 26-year-old man once in the head at the above address early Saturday. He was taken to North Central Bronx Hospital, where he was declared dead. The police have yet to release his identity or further details.

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DATE: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, 12:20 p.m.
LOCATION: 962 Madison Ave., Upper East Side, Manhattan.

The police say the robber who killed 71-year-old jewelry store clerk Henry Menahem Wednesday dumped a Fabrege-style egg in the trash as he fled with $1 million in gems and expensive necklaces. Menahem, of Long Branch, N.J., was shot in the chest. He was declared dead at Lenox Hill Hospital.

The jeweled egg was found in a trash bag on the northwest corner of East 73rd Street and Lexington Avenue.

Menahem's funeral was set for today in Ocean, N.J.

The suspect, a light-skinnned African-American man, is about 5-10 and 160 pounds. He was wearing a blue wool coat, grey slacks, black dress shoes, a scarf, sunglasses and black gloves.

​When 50-year-old Hazel Clemens was found dead in Brooklyn Dec. 7, police initially said she was stabbed to death during a robbery. Her assailant, Christopher Alcocer, 36, was arrested and charged with murder, robbery and illegal weapons possession.

But as often happens, the initial account isn't necessarily the full story.

Sources tell the Voice that Alcocer had gone to Clemens to buy drugs from her. Because Alcocer owed $200 to another dealer, Clemens gave him fake powder. When he demanded his money back, she told him to leave. They argued, and then she attacked him.

Brandishing a box-cutter, Clemens slashed Alcocer in the face, causing such a deep gash that he's still being treated for his injuries at Bellevue Hospital.

Alcocer told the police that he was nearly blinded by her assault. He told detectives he reached for a knife sitting on a kitchen table and stabbed her in self defense. There was someone else in the apartment at the time, but it's unclear whether that witness statement backs up Alcocer's account.

Alcocer has pleaded not guilty, according to his defense lawyer, Joyce Kendrick. The Brooklyn District Attorney's office declined to comment.

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Date: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, 7:35 p.m.
Location: 135-32 40th Rd., Flushing, Queens.

The police say a woman was found fatally knifed tonight on the second floor of the above address. She had been stabbed repeatedly in the chest. She was declared dead at the scene. The police have yet to release her name. No word on an arrest.

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Date: Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, 7 p.m.
Location: East 35 Street and Beverly Road, East Flatbush, Brooklyn.

The 19-year-old nephew of a retired police officer was shot to death last night at the above intersection while he was walking his dog, the police and published reports say.

A gunman walked up behind Pharley Petigny, a student at Kingsborough Community College, and shot him once in the back of the head. He was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.

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DATE: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at approximately 11:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 87-32 123rd St., Ozone Park, Queens.

The police say a 28-year-old man was found stabbed in the chest at the above address. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital where he was declared dead.

The police identified the dead man as Andy Herrera of 125th Street in Queens. Cops arrested Luis Zeledon, 25, of 123rd Street in Queens on manslaughter and weapons charges.

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Date: Monday, Jan. 18, 2010
Location: Marcy Houses, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

A police detective's son was shot to death Monday afternoon at a public housing project in Brooklyn--possibly, gang retaliation.

Our friends at the NYPD's press office didn't get around to sending out a report on this one, so we had to rely on the tabloids for the details.

The Daily News says that 19-year-old Sean Hayes was hit in the chest twice by gunfire near a playground outside the Marcy Houses in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. He was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he was declared dead at 3 p.m., the News reported.

Hayes' father is Det. Sean Lawrence, a two-decade NYPD veteran assigned to the Brooklyn warrants squad. Lawrence told the News, "We've got a lot of family here. Everybody will be taking a piece of my sorrow with them to make it less for me."

The New York Post said that police "suspect" that the shooting was retaliation for an earlier incident, and Hayes was the target. The Post also noted that Hayes had a minor criminal record.

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