These are the must-read stories from the weekend

Sunday, December 9, 2018
NEW YORK (WABC) -- It was a tragic night in Bushwick, Brooklyn, where an apartment fire claimed the lives of two young children. Also, the NYPD released details of a frightening incident on a Queens subway in which a woman was attacked by a man spewing an anti-gay slur.

Here's a look at the must-read stories from the weekend.

2 young girls dead after fire rips through Brooklyn building

The fire broke out late Saturday night on the second floor of a three-story residential building on Schaefer Street in Bushwick. The two children, an 8-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl, were pronounced dead at Wyckoff Hospital.

2 children dead after fire rips through Brooklyn building


Off-duty firefighter dead after suspected road rage incident on Belt Parkway

The body of an off-duty firefighter was found near his damaged car on the side of the Belt Parkway early Sunday morning.

Off-duty firefighter dead after suspected road rage incident on Belt Parkway


FBI agent hospitalized after being shot in shoulder

Officers pry 1-year-old from Brooklyn mom's arms during arrest; police investigating
Police are investigating video that has surfaced on Facebook showing a young mother being arrested and tackled to the ground with her young child at a benefits center in Brooklyn.

Police investigating video showing mother arrested while holding baby.


Two people were arrested after an FBI agent was shot in the shoulder in Brooklyn.

The agent was sitting in a car near Canarsie Road, conducting surveillance on an unrelated case just before 3:30 Saturday afternoon, when suspects in another car drove by and started shooting at his car.

An FBI agent was hospitalized after being shot in the shoulder in Brooklyn, police say.


5 shot outside of Queens nightclub

Police are searching for the gunman who opened fire outside a Queens nightclub early Saturday, leaving five people wounded. Before the shooting, a group of people got into a dispute inside the club, and it spilled outside, investigators said.

5 shot outside of Queens nightclub


Woman suffers fractured spine in Queens subway attack


The NYPD released a photo and video of the man they say violently attacked a woman on a Queens subway train after he spewed an anti-gay slur at her. The attack caused her to strike her head on the floor and fracture her spine.

Woman suffers fractured spine in Queens subway attack, police investigating as hate crime


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