What happened in New York City in the 30 minutes before 10:30 PM on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, from the agencies to your pocket: no middlemen, no gatekeepers.
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10:17 PM · Person with a gun · Middle Village-Metropolitan Av station (M), Ridgewood, Brooklyn
- Status: Developing
- Where: Middle Village-Metropolitan Av station (M), Ridgewood, Brooklyn
- Responding: NYPD
- Heard on: NYPD Transit Bureau Brooklyn East radio · 10 transmissions, 10:17 PM–10:21 PM
10:15 PM · Shots fired / shooting · Brooklyn
- Status: Developing
- Where: Brooklyn (exact location not confirmed)
- Responding: NYPD
- Heard on: NYPD Transit Bureau Brooklyn East radio · 3 transmissions, 10:15 PM–10:18 PM
10:10 PM · Person with a gun · Staten Island
- Status: Developing
- Where: Staten Island (exact location not confirmed)
- Responding: NYPD
- Heard on: NYPD Staten Island Citywide radio · 4 transmissions, 10:10 PM–10:11 PM
10:01 PM · Stabbing / knife (single report, unconfirmed) · Queens
- Status: Developing
- Where: Queens (exact location not confirmed)
- Responding: FDNY
- Heard on: FDNY Queens radio · 1 transmissions, 10:01 PM
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