Cops shot a gun-wielding madman when he refused to drop his weapon outside a Queens home after a “large fiery explosion” on Saturday — and then discovered two of his family members dead inside, police said.

Tragic end to the search for missing little girl in upstate New York . New York State Police say 9-year-old Melina Frattolin was found dead Sunday. An Amber Alert was issued for F

The police said they had detained a person of interest. It was not immediately clear what led to the attack in the affluent Manhattan neighborhood.

A 17-year-old girl was shot multiple times and a man was hit in the face in a burst of gunfire at a Brooklyn McDonald’s parking lot late Monday, cops said. The girl was struck repeatedly in the body when bullets flew minutes before midnight outside the fast food joint on Pennsylvania Avenue near Stanley Avenue in New Lots,

Of the seven major crimes in the city, grand larceny auto is the crime that police are least likely to solve, according to NYPD data.

The New York Police Department is bracing for a slew of massive Independence Day celebrations along with a World Cup match this weekend, scrambling thousands of officers on land, sea and air to handle security measures as an intense heat wave bears down on the region.

The 12-year-old son of a cop was fatally gunned down by random shots fired into a crowd outside a Bronx bodega Saturday — where the youngster was seen on heartbreaking video staggering inside clutching his injured chest before collapsing onto the floor.

State police said a construction flagger suffered injuries after being intentionally struck by a vehicle in a work zone. A 20-year-old man was arrested days later.

It’s easy to mistake the New York City Police Museum for an actual precinct. The neo-Italian Renaissance architectural style with tall arches is characteristic of old police stations and two globe lights still flank the doorway,