NYPD officer wounded in Bedford-Stuyvesant leaves hospital UP NEXT
An NYPD officer was shot three times after approaching a gun wielding man who minutes earlier was involved in a nearby fatal shooting and crash in Brooklyn Wednesday night.
The officer, 28-year-old Brian McGurran, a four-year veteran of the NYPD assigned to the 81st Precinct, was struck in the rear of his bulletproof vest as well as in his leg and buttocks near Macon Street and Howard Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
McGurran fired nine shots in return, and another officer fired a dozen rounds, striking the 26-year-old suspect in the leg.
McGurran was rushed in stable condition to Kings County Hospital, where he was released Thursday to cheers and applause from his brothers and sisters in blue.
Good Neighbors: Ghazali Kids Club Service Projects
Children lead monthly service projects in the Ghazali Children s Book Club. To mark Earth Day and Arbor Day, they planted 150 trees in Amherst last weekend. Author: Melissa Holmes Updated: 6:55 AM EDT April 28, 2021
AMHERST, N.Y. What started as a casual book club between moms and their kids in Williamsville, has turned into a group that completes service projects every month in Western New York. To mark Earth Day on April 22 and Arbor Day on April 30, they planted 150 trees in Saratoga Park in Amherst.
The Ghazali Children s Book Club began as a small group and then grew to include 16 children, ages 7 to 12.
A Page from North Quabbin History: Enslaved Winchendon soldier Eden (Edom) London survived many Revolutionary War battles
A depiction of Edom London at the Saratoga (N.Y.) National Historical Park. The man pictured who portrayed London for the exhibit is Clifford Oliver Mealy. Courtesy of the Saratoga National Historical Park
Edom London’s grave at the Old Centre Cemetery in Winchendon. Courtesy of the Winchendon Historical society
Published: 2/16/2021 2:27:31 PM
Modified: 2/16/2021 2:27:30 PM
Many served in the Revolutionary War from the area. Among those serving was Eden (Edom) London, an enslaved man. At the start of the American Revolution, London was about 30 years old, according to Eric Schnitzer, a National Park Ranger at the Saratoga National Historic Park in Saratoga, New York. Prior to living in Winchendon, he escaped enslavement in about 1775 and joined the Continental Army for an eight-month term, which including fighting in the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775.