Contributing Metro reporter

Colin Mixson

Colin Mixson is a contributing general assignment reporter for the metro desk at the New York Daily News. He's covered breaking news in New York City since 2011, once memorably about Brooklyn anti-vaxxers, who would not inoculate their dogs for fear of autism.

The driver's mother voiced outrage over the prosecution, saying her daughter was already racked with guilt and pain over a beloved family member's death.

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Speeding Benz driver arrested for 2022 Queens airborne crash that killed cousin; mom outraged

March 5, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

The driver's mother voiced outrage over the prosecution, saying her daughter was already racked with guilt and pain over a beloved family member's death.

Ruhel Choudhury is the last remaining suspect of seven kidnappers wanted for abducting two men in Queens, who were tortured and in one case sodomized.

FBI offers $20,000 for help in tracking down wheelman in Queens kidnappings

March 1, 2024 at 7:36 p.m.

Ruhel Choudhury is the last remaining suspect of seven kidnappers wanted for abducting two men in Queens, who were tortured and in one case sodomized.

The shooting happened in Crown Heights 10:40 p.m. Thursday when someone opened fire at Troy Gill, hitting him in the chest and arm.

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13-year-old killed after Brooklyn Nets game called his mom to tell her he’d been shot

March 1, 2024 at 8:50 p.m.

The shooting happened in Crown Heights 10:40 p.m. Thursday when someone opened fire at Troy Gill, hitting him in the chest and arm.

When a Brooklyn cyclist tried to veer past a car door that swung open into his path, he fell in front of a Hyundai Elantra, witnesses said.

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Brooklyn bicyclist dies after being doored into Williamsburg traffic: NYPD

February 27, 2024 at 10:09 p.m.

When a Brooklyn cyclist tried to veer past a car door that swung open into his path, he fell in front of a Hyundai Elantra, witnesses said.

Alex Caba-Guitierrez was ejected from the speeding red Mercedes after its driver blew a red light and slammed an MTA bus in Williamsburg.

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Brooklyn man, 33, dies when Mercedes-Benz blows red light, slams MTA bus in Williamsburg

February 27, 2024 at 5:58 p.m.

Alex Caba-Guitierrez was ejected from the speeding red Mercedes after its driver blew a red light and slammed an MTA bus in Williamsburg.

Police released surveillance images of three people who they said attacked Alfredo William Alvarez on a subway train on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. (NYPD)

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PHOTOS: 3 suspects nabbed for fatal shooting of Bronx dad on subway train

February 27, 2024 at 9:17 a.m.

NYPD officers sporting tactical vests and agents with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force toting assault weapons rounded up the three suspects in the slaying.

Ramon Gonzalez was a dedicated husband and father looking forward to celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary next year — until a drunk driver sparked a four-car pileup that claimed his life in the Bronx — his family says.

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Man killed in Bronx pileup sparked by drunk driver remembered as devoted family man

February 26, 2024 at 6:49 p.m.

Ramon Gonzalez was a dedicated husband and father looking forward to celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary next year — until a drunk driver sparked a four-car pileup that claimed his...

Body camera footage from Arizona shows arrest of suspect in SoHo hotel murder. (Scottsdale Police Dept.)

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Bodycam footage shows moment SoHo murder suspect Raad Almansoori nabbed in Arizona

February 26, 2024 at 1:04 p.m.

The footage released on Facebook shows cops training their weapons on Almansoori, 26, while one officer cuffs him inside a parking garage.

The half-sister of Raad Almansoori, who is suspected of strangling and beating Denisse Oleas-Arancibia to death at a SoHo hotel earlier this month, said he's a recidivist who suffers paranoid delusions and should have been locked up years ago.

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SoHo murder suspect scared family for years, sis says as she voices relief over arrest (EXCLUSIVE)

February 20, 2024 at 5:51 p.m.

The half-sister of Raad Almansoori, who is suspected of strangling and beating Denisse Oleas-Arancibia to death at a SoHo hotel earlier this month, said he's a recidivist who suffers paranoid...

Police released surveillance images of a man they say stabbed a 27-year-old man in Greenwich Village for objecting to the attacker urinating outside an apartment building. (NYPD)

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NYC immigrant stabbed by man urinating against building now fears strangers (EXCLUSIVE)

February 19, 2024 at 5:42 p.m.

"I’ve become very nervous when I go around," Artem told the Daily News. "New York has to do something about this."

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