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.

NYPD officers enter Columbia University off W. 114th St. between Broadway and Amsterdam after officers cleared out Hamilton Hall on the campus of Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in Manhattan, New York.

NYPD sat on news of accidental gunfire at Columbia University during raid of pro-Gaza protest

May 3, 2024 at 4:01 p.m.

Police officials did not think the unintentional gunshot was newsworthy, as accidental discharges are not unusual, said Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Tarik Sheppard.

Investigators are hunting these men wanted for nabbing $20,000 off a man trying to buy cryptocurrency at the Sonder Battery Park Hotel.

Thieves nab $20,000 off man seeking to buy crypto at Manhattan hotel

May 3, 2024 at 3:58 p.m.

The thieves beat, bound and robbed the man looking to swap cash for cryptocurrency at the Sonder Battery Park Hotel.

A man was shot dead and another wounded inside a supportive housing complex at 91 Junius Street in Brooklyn early Friday morning.

One man shot dead, another wounded at Brooklyn supportive housing complex

May 3, 2024 at 2:52 p.m.

Police found the fatal gunshot victim suffering multiple wounds to the torso at the Stone House in Brownsville early Friday morning.

Pro-Palestinian protesters confront supporters of Israel outside The New School in lower Manhattan as tensions over the war in Gaza continue on campuses and inside of colleges and universities throughout the city on May 02, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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NYPD arrests dozens of protesters in sweep of pro-Gaza encampments at NYU, The New School

May 3, 2024 at 6:15 p.m.

The sweeps at NYU and the New School follow NYPD actions earlier this week at Columbia University and CCNY.

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Teen girl, 15, charged in fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Emery Mizell in the Bronx

May 3, 2024 at 7:48 p.m.

The teen suspect, whose name is being withheld by police due to her age, was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon for the killing of Mizell...

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Bronx man dies in shootout between two brawling groups outside NYCHA complex

April 30, 2024 at 5:45 p.m.

Fifteen shell casings of various calibers were found at the shooting scene. outside the Throggs Neck Houses, where victim Trent Jackson lived.

The unrest at NYU over the war between Israel and Hamas was the latest in a string of mass arrests at colleges in the tri-state area.

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NYPD blames faculty, ‘professional agitators’ in NYU Gaza protest arrests

April 23, 2024 at 6:57 p.m.

The unrest at NYU over the war between Israel and Hamas was the latest in a string of mass arrests at colleges in the tri-state area.

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Man shot dead on Brooklyn street was loving immigrant father of 15, wife and friends say (EXCLUSIVE)

April 22, 2024 at 5:46 p.m.

Anthony Lancaster's grieving widow said his senseless murder on a Brooklyn street corner has left his family "broken."

Romeo Rivera, a Shih Tzu stolen from his home in Brooklyn.

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Video shows man stealing beloved Brooklyn Shih Tzu from owner’s backyard

April 19, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

The dog's 74-year-old owner, who named her pooch Romeo Rivera, let the dog out into her gated yard to do his business about 9:30 a.m. on March 18 when a...

Muhammad Suleymanov, 24, ran a red light at Coney Island Ave. and was struck by the driver of a BMW heading east on Neptune Ave. in Brighton Beach on Thursday

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E-biker struck and killed running red light in Brooklyn

April 19, 2024 at 2:07 p.m.

Muhammad Suleymanov, 24, ran a red light at Coney Island Ave. and was struck by the driver of a BMW heading east on Neptune Ave. in Brighton Beach on Thursday

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