🌱 Sunset Park Daily: Frank James Caught + LGBTQ+ Bar Fire

Happy Thursday, people of Sunset Park! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

A heavy thunderstorm in the p.m. High: 72, low: 50.

Here are the top stories in Sunset Park today:

1. Frank James, the man initially named only as a “person of interest” in Tuesday’s rush hour subway shooting that left 23 injured, has been captured. (Patch)
2. Gun violence in the East Flatbush neighborhood has left residents uneasy. The death of 12-year-old Kade Lewin marked the seventh murder in the 67th precinct, compared to only two at this time last year. (Subscription: Daily News)
3. Rash Bar is now closed after being set on fire. A Bushwick bar that was becoming a popular venue for the LGBTQ+ community in Brooklyn is now gone. Someone was seen entering the bar dressed in black before dousing the ground with gasoline, setting it on fire, and then fleeing. A photo on a GoFundMe page started by the bar showed a wall partially down with brick exposed presumably from damage caused by the fire. (Fox 5)

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