Daily Blotter

Manhattan

A man suspected in a string of gunpoint robberies in Harlem has been ­arrested, police said.

According to cops, in each incident, Abbas Lytle, 32, hailed a cab and asked to be taken to West 141st Street and Chisum Place, near where he apparently lives.

Once there, the thief would threaten the driver with a gun, then snatch cash and property.

The thief first struck at 4  a.m. on Nov. 16, in the University Heights section of The Bronx, where he hailed the cab and later took $ 125 and a cellphone, police said.

The most recent robbery took place Tuesday morning when a cabby was robbed of $ 120 and his car keys, police said.

Lytle, who has multiple prior arrests, was charged with robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.

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A 49-year-old Washington Heights man was found shot dead at his doorstep, police said.

Gregory Tate was found with a single gunshot wound to the torso on 156th Street near Amsterdam Avenue at 10:30 p.m., according to authorities.

Tate was pronounced dead at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

There have been no arrests and the investigation is continuing, police said.

Brooklyn

A pedestrian is in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle with an alleged drunken driver at the wheel in East New York early Saturday.

The 63-year-old victim was at Rockaway and Livonia avenues at 1:15 a.m. when a car driven by Jelani Roberts hit him, police said.

Roberts, 26, has been charged with vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated, police said.

The victim was in critical condition at Brookdale Hospital, police said.

An off-duty EMT allegedly punched his girlfriend in the face after an argument turned violent in Bushwick, cops said.

Bryant Gutierrez, 26, who works for the FDNY, was arrested at 7 p.m. Friday on assault charges after allegedly hauling off and hitting the woman in the kisser, according to law-enforcement authorities.

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Police are hunting for three men believed to be involved in a Park Slope shooting.

The trio (left) got into an argument with a 19-year-old man on Oct. 10, in the stairway of a building on Wyckoff Avenue near Gates Avenue, police said.

After harsh words were exchanged, at least one of the alleged shooters opened fire on the victim, hitting him in the neck and the shoulder, police said.

The victim was rushed to Lutheran Hospital, where he was treated for his wounds and then released, cops said.

The Bronx

A 20-year-old man was shot early Friday in University Heights, cops said.

The victim was at University Avenue and 192nd Street at 3 a.m. when he took a bullet to the torso, cops said.

He was rushed to Bronx Lebanon Hospital where he was listed in stable condition, cops said.

Police are continuing their investigation.

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