Police say the man also had multiple high-capacity magazines, and was firing the weapon on a residential street.
Police say the man demanded she call 911, and then tried to pull her out of her car.
Police say the woman wrote more than $30,000 in checks to herself from the account of the person she was supposed to be helping.
The tragedy occurred Saturday morning, police say.
They allegedly filed forged deeds and documents to transfer ownership of the homes to them, the attorney general says.
Police are still investigating the 2001 death of Wyanda Williams, and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Realizing why the family were all experiencing symptoms, the officers quickly evacuated them from their home.
Police and firefighters recused an employee who was trapped in the kitchen area of the deli Sunday morning.
Police say the woman was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead by doctors. The investigation is ongoing.
Police say the man was approached by two others who pushed him to the ground and robbed him.
Police say they are still searching for his accomplice, who helped him rob two stores at gunpoint in one night.
Police say the teen and an accomplice stole the drivers' cars last year, even hitting one of them with her own car as they fled.
Police say the man who was hit was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead by doctors.
Many people were injured and the Southern State was closed for hours early Sunday morning, police say.
Police are searching for the duo, who they say fled with cell phones and cash.
The 13-year-old was last seen by her mother getting on a school bus Wednesday.
Police say the skeletal remains were found this afternoon. The remains are of a man who has been missing for months, police say.
Despite the frigid temperature this morning, firefighters got the blaze under control and rescued two dogs. See pictures here.
Officials say they recovered kilograms of heroin and more than $100,000 in cash during raids on the operation.
Police say he used a rock to smash the glass door of the deli, then steal cash and merchandise from inside.
Police say the man was crossing Atlantic Avenue Saturday evening when he was hit by a van. The driver stayed at the scene.
Police say the robber stole their jewelry and cash and then fled.
Police say they emptied the cash from the safe before fleeing the scene in a car.
Drivers should find an alternate route if they want to avoid heavy delays.
Two people were killed and three seriously injured in the wrong-way head-on crash early Sunday.
The firefighters were recognized by Hempstead Town at the annual Firematic Service Awards.
Police are investigating the death of the girl, who became unresponsive at her nursery school Friday afternoon and died today.
Officials say it has likely been there for years and never noticed. It's the second such carving found this month.
Police say he was a passenger in a car they pulled over, but then he climbed into the driver's seat and took off.
The teens had just gotten out of school when an out of control car left the road and hit them. Two were seriously injured.
Dutch Broadway and Elmont Road are closed in both directions after a car crash at their intersection injured at least one.
Police say the man, who had an open warrant out for him, fled after officers pulled him over for a routine traffic stop.
Police say the teen and others called in Chinese food orders, then robbed the delivery drivers when they arrived.
Luis DeJesus was drunk when he purposefully ran over a teenager on a skateboard in 2017.
The men were indicted on charges in connection to two separate homicides.
Police are looking for the man who emptied the register at the station and then fled on foot.
Prosecutors say the clinic, located in Queens, doled out millions of pills of oxycodone and raked in millions in cash.
The body of Sumeet Singh was found on the side of the Southern State Parkway last January, where he was left to die.
Police say the man struck his victim in the head with a handgun while robbing them.
Police say the man damaged cars on the ground, and then tried to flee when police arrived.