The partial collapse of a floor of a building under construction left one worker dead in Brooklyn.
According to the New York Fire Department, the accident was reported at 12:10 p.m. at a construction site located at 1266 50th Street in the Borough Park area.
Joseph Ferrante, spokesman for the FDNY, explained that they received several 911 calls reporting the collapse.
Upon arrival they found the worker already dead.
“We arrived a few minutes later and learned of at least one trapped person working on the first floor, we began to move the rubble and removed a victim,” he explained.
He added that after the removal of the rubble, no other victim was found and no further damage to the structure was reported.
He explained that the structure collapsed in a V shape, meaning that it was the center that collapsed.
The deceased worker has not been identified.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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In an apartment in Queens, authorities found homemade explosives, assault rifles, pistols, bulletproof vests, anarchist propaganda and even a radio with a signal from a barracks. A handwritten note titled “targets to attack” was also found at the scene, which included police officers, judges, politicians, among others.
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The police operation, where weapons were confiscated and arrests were made, took place on January 17.
Credit: Melinda Katz
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The brothers, Andrew and Angelo Hatziagelis, were placed under arrest and now face 130 charges related to criminal possession of weapons.
Credit: NYPDCT
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Among them were 47 counts of possession of a weapon, eight of second-degree reckless endangerment and 15 counts of manufacturing and transporting weapons.
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz stated that the investigation took more than 6 months.
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Finally, officers arrived at the apartment located on 36th Avenue in the Astoria area.
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Inside the apartment they found a batch of 8 ghost weapons, manufactured with a 3D printer, including an AK.47 assault rifle.
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In addition, they confiscated homemade explosives, smoke bombs and 600 bullets. They also confiscated the printer with which the plastic weapons were made.
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On the page of a notebook, written by hand, they also found a note titled “targets to attack”, which included: police officers, judges, politicians, celebrities and bankers. The latter were described as “scum.”
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The brothers will go to court on February 15 and face a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.
2024-02-02 20:04:00
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