NYPD shoots and kills one of its own...
05-29-2009, 04:28 AM
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/29/ny.officer.killed/
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A police officer was shot to death by another officer as he was chasing a man he saw breaking into his car in New York's East Harlem neighborhood , authorities said.
New York Police Department Officer Omar Edwards, 25, was shot twice about 10:30 p.m. Thursday just blocks from the precinct where he had finished his shift. He was pronounced dead less than an hour later at Harlem Hospital.
Edwards, in plainclothes, had just left the Housing Bureau Station House on East 124th St., said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. As Edwards approached his car, he saw a man rummaging through it.
"We believe that at this point, Officer Edwards, with his gun drawn, chased the individual north to 125th Street and east toward First Avenue," Kelly said at a news conference in New York early Friday at Harlem Hospital.
Edwards was not wearing a bulletproof vest and did not fire a shot, Kelly said.
Plainclothes officers patrolling the neighborhood in an unmarked vehicle saw the chase and went after Edwards and the suspect.
"One of the officers, after exiting the vehicle, fired six times from a 9 mm Glock," Kelly said.
Edwards was shot in the chest and arm. It was not clear whether any of the officers had identified themselves as law enforcement.
The officer who fired the shots has four-and-a-half years' experience, authorities said. The shooting is under investigation, Kelly said.
A man was later arrested on suspicion of breaking into Edwards' car.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A police officer was shot to death by another officer as he was chasing a man he saw breaking into his car in New York's East Harlem neighborhood , authorities said.
New York Police Department Officer Omar Edwards, 25, was shot twice about 10:30 p.m. Thursday just blocks from the precinct where he had finished his shift. He was pronounced dead less than an hour later at Harlem Hospital.
Edwards, in plainclothes, had just left the Housing Bureau Station House on East 124th St., said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. As Edwards approached his car, he saw a man rummaging through it.
"We believe that at this point, Officer Edwards, with his gun drawn, chased the individual north to 125th Street and east toward First Avenue," Kelly said at a news conference in New York early Friday at Harlem Hospital.
Edwards was not wearing a bulletproof vest and did not fire a shot, Kelly said.
Plainclothes officers patrolling the neighborhood in an unmarked vehicle saw the chase and went after Edwards and the suspect.
"One of the officers, after exiting the vehicle, fired six times from a 9 mm Glock," Kelly said.
Edwards was shot in the chest and arm. It was not clear whether any of the officers had identified themselves as law enforcement.
The officer who fired the shots has four-and-a-half years' experience, authorities said. The shooting is under investigation, Kelly said.
A man was later arrested on suspicion of breaking into Edwards' car.
05-29-2009, 04:46 AM
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all over my news... sucks.. officers now are so quick to fire.. he was chasing the guy rummaging through his car.. not waving a gun around and not shooting.. why on earth the other officer just shot him(firing 6 times and hitting him twice) is to be explained.. thank god no one else was hurt with those other 4 rounds flying around.
my father has been on the job for over 25 years and had to fire his weapon a total of maybe 3 or 4 times and once was at a dog that was charging him and his partner.. somethng has to change
my father has been on the job for over 25 years and had to fire his weapon a total of maybe 3 or 4 times and once was at a dog that was charging him and his partner.. somethng has to change
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This is a tragedy! 
I have yet to fire my weapon at anyone, and knock on wood, hope I never have to.
I have yet to fire my weapon at anyone, and knock on wood, hope I never have to.
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There is no way the officer used proper voice commands here!
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So sad.
The article did say that officer Edwards chased the culprit with his guns drawn so that could have been one of the reasons why the other officer shot at him. It still doesn't make sense though. It's not like Edwards was shooting at the other plain clothes officers for them to shoot him 6 times.
The article did say that officer Edwards chased the culprit with his guns drawn so that could have been one of the reasons why the other officer shot at him. It still doesn't make sense though. It's not like Edwards was shooting at the other plain clothes officers for them to shoot him 6 times.
05-29-2009, 06:05 AM
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That is sad. Sounds really close to my g/f's sister's fiance's precinct. I have to find out more tomorrow. Why can't we get the real bad guys??
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Originally Posted by nigxdoof' post='894001' date='May 29 2009, 09:05 AM
That is sad. Sounds really close to my g/f's sister's fiance's precinct. I have to find out more tomorrow. Why can't we get the real bad guys??
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Originally Posted by lightfytr' post='894024' date='May 29 2009, 10:45 AM
Whoa Nix, my sister's cousin's aunt's nephew-in-law is over there too!
I should have just said bro inlaw. LOL