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Police Kill Gunman, Fatal Fire, Man Vandalizes 11 Cop Cars: NYC Morning Brief
Here's what made headlines in New York City Friday morning.

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Here's what made headlines in New York City Friday morning.

Police say the 16-year-old student fell from a fifth-floor window and died from his injuries.
The man brandished a gun at several people in East Harlem and the Upper East Side before officers shot him, police said.
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Police say the 16-year-old student fell from a fifth-floor window.
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Immigration agents in unmarked sweatshirts were arresting people in a chaotic scene that left two NYPD officers injured.
A landmarked Queen Anne-style townhouse with six wood-burning fireplaces sold for $14,500,000 on East 71st Street.
One woman was rushed to NewYork–Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition, where she later died, the FDNY said.
The man was rushed to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
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A man was grabbed by federal officers and forced into an unmarked black van on Wednesday morning.
An ex-boyfriend is accused of stabbing a mother to death in Harlem.
Vincent Hooper, who plays Simba on Broadway, is starting over after a massive fire tore through his building in Manhattan.
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Airports have cancelled thousands of flights to scale back demands on the nation’s aviation system during the government shutdown.
Police have released the identity of the 47-year-old victim who was stabbed to death in a Harlem apartment.
Polar air and an overnight freeze brought the city's first flurries of the season Tuesday.