NEW YORK CITY, NY – In a series of incidents late Thanksgiving Day, three individuals were killed in New York City, including a 69-year-old grandmother in Brooklyn.
Angelina Renita Parker was shot in the neck in front of her residence at the Brevoort Houses, Bedford-Stuyvesant, shortly before 11 PM.
Parker was rushed to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, where she was declared deceased. The New York Police Department has not yet identified a suspect or motive for the shooting.
In a separate incident in Harlem, Daniel Straker, 48, was fatally shot in the back near Macombs Place and West 152nd Street. Straker was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The motive remains under investigation.
Earlier in the evening, Eric Wright, a 52-year-old homeless man, was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn’s East New York. The attack occurred at Belmont and Alabama avenues around 7:15 PM. Wright was transported to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, where he was declared deceased.
