NYC Right Now, 12:30 PM: 3 Reports and New Events · Oct 29

3 reports in NYC before 12:30 PM: robbery (2500 block of Fulton Street, East New York (North)), person with a gun (). Details may change.

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What happened in New York City in the 30 minutes before 12:30 PM on Thursday, October 29, 2026, from the agencies to your pocket: no middlemen, no gatekeepers.

Right now

12:22 PM · Robbery · 2500 block of Fulton Street, East New York (North)

  • Status: Escalating: more units called (12:23 PM)
  • Where: 2500 block of Fulton Street, East New York (North)
  • Responding: NYPD
  • Timeline: 12:22 PM first report · 12:23 PM police level 1 mobilization
  • Heard on: NYPD Patrol radio · 7 transmissions, 12:22 PM–12:25 PM

12:15 PM · Person with a gun ·

  • Status: Developing
  • Where: (exact location not confirmed)
  • Responding: NYPD
  • Heard on: NYPD Patrol radio · 6 transmissions, 12:15 PM–12:19 PM

11:59 AM · Suspicious package · Manhattan

  • Status: Developing
  • Where: Manhattan (exact location not confirmed)
  • Responding: MTA Transit
  • Heard on: MTA Manhattan Transit radio · 3 transmissions, 11:59 AM–12:03 PM

These are early reports from public police, fire and transit radio, and details may change as the story develops. Status updates come from what dispatchers and units say on the air. Places are given to the corner, station or block; home addresses, names and descriptions of people are never published, and medical calls are never listed.

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