"It is heartbreaking that a mother lost her life so violently at the hands of her only child," District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.
What led up to the shooting is not known at this time.
Following the attack, the NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect on social media.
Police are still searching for a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman and burglarized her Bushwick apartment.
A brutal beating took place outside the Jay Street–MetroTech subway station Tuesday afternoon, leaving one man dead.
The teen girls were identified by their families and police.
The 1-year-old baby boy was found dead inside a Brooklyn affordable housing complex on Friday afternoon, police said.
Police are trying to determine how the student got the loaded gun.
The crash happened on Saturday night and remains under investigation.
Police say a 34-year-old man was fatally stabbed Saturday evening in a seemingly random attack.
The girls have not been identified, but officials say they appeared to be between 13 and 15 years old.
The blaze started on the second floor of the building in Crown Heights.
After the suspect's arraignment on Wednesday, one additional suspected gunman remains at large.
The police said the suspect grabbed the victim's buttocks with both hands before fleeing on foot.
A 4-year-old girl is clinging to life after being hit by a school bus in Midwood just before 4 p.m. Monday, police said.
Police say the 32-year-old woman was riding west on Meserole St. in East Williamsburg around 2:30 a.m. when she was struck.
Police say the two schools received threatening phone calls just minutes apart, with each claiming there would be a shooting.
Police in Brooklyn are investigating after a man was found dead Tuesday night, allegedly after being set on fire.
An as-yet-identified attacker punched a 70-year-old man in the face earlier this week in Brighton Beach, police said.
Parents of children attending PS 38 in Brooklyn are calling for safety improvements, and the city is listening.
As of Monday morning, police confirmed that a person of interest in the double shooting is now in custody.
The woman's identity has not been released pending family notification.
A massive blaze broke out at a waterfront warehouse in Red Hook Tuesday morning, with firefighters battling the flames for hours.
The incident happened at the 4th Avenue-9th Street station in Brooklyn.
An alleged attacker bit the victim in the hand before taking his wallet at the Bay Parkway subway station in Bath Beach, police said.
Galina Smirnova, who has dementia, fatally struck the 89-year-old with a metal piece from a wheelchair during a dispute, police said.
The 89-year-old woman was found with fatal head trauma on Sunday evening, police said.
A 32-year-old Brooklyn man is accused of setting fire to approximately 20 residential buildings within a three-hour span.
The incident may have stemmed from a fight between the two residents.
He was found unresponsive by emergency personnel.
A neighborhood clash in Canarsie turned deadly when 70-year-old Fredrick Howard was fatally stabbed in the chest, according to police.
The incident happened at a building in Cypress Hills.
A former IHOP employee has been arrested for fatally stabbing a former coworker in the restroom of the Brooklyn restaurant, police said.
Police responded to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn on Monday, where a man's body was discovered along the shoreline.
Police say it was about 2 a.m. last week in East New York when a man sexually assaulted a 71-year-old while she was asleep in her bed.
The 67-year-old IHOP worker was stabbed in the torso just before 11:40 p.m. Friday night inside an IHOP in East New York, police said.
The man who attacked an NYPD officer with a butcher knife was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn on Sunday, the department said.
There have been no arrests at this time.