Friday, January 21, 2022

Man shoots cop to death and critically wounds another cop in his mother's apartment during a domestic disturbance call

 The Police Department did not immediately provide information about what had precipitated the shooting of the officers, who were taken to Harlem Hospital. 

 

NY Times

 

A New York City police officer was killed in a shooting in Harlem on Friday and a second officer was in critical condition, officials said. They were the third and fourth officers to be shot in the line of duty this week, according to the Police Department.

The police initially reported that both officers had been killed, but later said one had not been officially pronounced dead by the hospital.

The police did not immediately provide information about what had precipitated the shooting of the officers, who were taken to Harlem Hospital. One suspect was also shot, officials said. Information on the person’s condition was not immediately available.

The shooting happened around 6 p.m. near the intersection of Lenox Avenue and West 135th Street. Within an hour, dozens of officers were in the area, which was sealed off by yellow caution tape and a half-dozen patrol cars.

Mayor Eric Adams — who was in the Bronx earlier attending a vigil for an 11-month-old girl who was hit in the face by a stray bullet on Wednesday night — was headed to the hospital, a spokesman said.

The shooting of the officers was the latest in a series of crimes early in Mr. Adams’s term that is testing his vow to heighten public safety after increases in certain crimes amid the pandemic. Shootings especially have surged in some parts of the city.

The recent spate of violence has included the fatal shoving of a 40-year-old woman into the path of a subway train at Times Square station, the killing of a 19-year-old woman who was shot by a man robbing an East Harlem Burger King and the shooting of the baby in the Bronx.

On Tuesday, an officer was shot in the leg as he scuffled with a teenage suspect during a confrontation in the Bronx. And early Thursday, a detective was shot in the leg when a man fired through a door during a search for drugs at a Staten Island home, officials said. Neither of their injuries was life-threatening.

The shootings of the officers this week follow one on New Year’s Day in which an off-duty officer was shot in the head while sleeping in a car between shifts outside an East Harlem station house. He was treated at a hospital and released.

The last New York City officer to be fatally shot was Brian Mulkeen, who was killed by so-called friendly fire in September 2019 while he struggled with an armed man in the Bronx.

In October 2015, Officer Randolph Holder was fatally shot by a suspect he was chasing in East Harlem. The previous December, two officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, were killed while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn. The gunman shot them at point-blank range after traveling to New York from Baltimore intent on killing officers.

The shooting death of a police officer in Harlem on Friday adds mounting pressure on Mayor Eric Adams to deliver quickly and effectively on the central thesis of his campaign for office: that only he, a retired police captain with 22 years on the force, has the know-how to restore a sense of public safety to New York City’s streets.

The Friday shooting caps the mayor’s third week in office, and his tenure has already coincided with a spate of violence that has riveted public attention.

On Wednesday, an 11-month-old baby was shot in the face in the Bronx. On Thursday, a police officer was shot in Staten Island while serving a warrant. On Saturday morning, an Asian-American woman was shoved in front of a moving train in Times Square, in the heart of New York City’s once thriving tourist district.

Then, on Friday afternoon, two police officers responding to a domestic dispute were shot in Harlem, one fatally and one left in critical condition.

“Today, I went to the hospital to visit the cop that was shot in Staten Island,” said Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks, who chairs the committee on public safety. “I hugged his mom and said how lucky you are. And hours later, you hear this news.”

The act of violence is eerily reminiscent of an episode during his predecessor Bill de Blasio’s first year in office, when a gunman assassinated two police officers while they were sitting in their police car in Brooklyn.

Mr. de Blasio ran on a platform of police reform. Mr. Adams, who was both a former police officer and police reformer, ran on the idea that he could rein in violence and reform the police at the same time.

He has yet to lay out a comprehensive plan for how he intends to do that.

 

 NYPD officers recovered an illegal Glock 45 equipped with a “high capacity magazine” at the scene of the shooting on Jan. 21, 2022.

 

 NY Post

The man who allegedly ambushed and shot two NYPD officers —  one fatally — in Harlem Friday is a convicted felon who was on probation at the time, authorities said.

Lashawn McNeil, 47, was shot in the head and arm by a third officer as he tried to flee, and was hospitalized in critical condition Friday night, NYPD Chief of detectives James Essig said at a press conference.

The alleged gunman was on probation for a 2003 felony narcotics conviction in New York City, Essig said.

Authorities said McNeil was sitting in the back bedroom of an apartment at at 119 West 135th Street when he swung the door open and allegedly fired on two cops, Rookie Officer Jason Rivera, 22, was killed and and 27-year-old Officer Wilbert Mora, who joined the force in 2018, was gravely wounded.

The officers, and a third cop, had been responding to a domestic disturbance call from a woman who said she needed help with her son at around 6:15 p.m.. The woman “mentioned no injuries and no weapons,” said Essig.

When they got to the apartment, the three cops were met by that woman and another son. They were informed that the son she was having issues with was in the back bedroom, down a “very tight” hallway about 30 feet long, Essig said.

 Police recovered an illegal Glock 45 at the scene, equipped with a “high capacity magazine” that holds an additional 40 rounds, Essig said. The weapon was stolen from Baltimore in 2017. Police are working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to further trace the gun.

(I updated the headline according to recent reports- JQ LLC)

 

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

This country has gotten out of control with guns. Funny enough, I was watching an interview with gang members and they literally said that they get their guns from the cops themselves. Not sure how true it is but it wouldn't surprise me. But yeah, the guns are way out of control in this country. Something has to be done. But nothing will be done ever because no matter what you do,there will always be some kind of idiot protesters there to argue about it. And you know the idiot politicians don't have backbones anymore to just do the right things. They like to "cater" to certain groups instead of doing what's right. It is what it is though anymore. Good luck there with the no cash bail reform! #criminalsrightsmatter

Anonymous said...

""This country has gotten out of control with guns""

No --People are out of control due to police reform and open borders.
Guns don't have legs walk around loading, aiming and shooting people, or hands and arms to people under trains.
How are they to stop guns without "stop and frisk" Shit, 2 ton+ metal stolen automobiles are even getting into shipping containers.
Most these guns, drugs and gangs on the street weren't even made in this country, the liberals wont tell you that.
The new New York mayor, DA, and most their administration even speak ignorant street thugs.
Good job stupid voters because you asked for it and aint seen NOTHING of what's coming when the weather gets warm.

Anonymous said...

This country has gotten out of control with guns.

This country was founded using guns. Ask the Queen she'll tell you.

As far as violence is concerned, wait until door-to-door forced vaccinations start.
Will be interesting to say the least.

For the fallen cop, may rest in peace. Collateral damage of the insane and corrupt political hacks.

Anonymous said...

Will Eric be the “law and order” mayor that he has promised ?
Or is that just the “perception” that he would like us to have ?
Think Sheeple think....

Anonymous said...

RIP Officer Jason Rivera. Just 22 years old. His blood is on the hands of these so-called progressives, with their defund the police, coddle the criminals agenda.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous #1 stated he saw gang members interview where they stated they are buying guns from cops. You must be truly stupid or just ignorant to believe what a gang member stated. If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn or the tooth fairy will leave a dollar under your pillow tonight. What a jackass.

Anonymous said...

Guns are not your problem, judges are your problem. All the gun laws in NYC will not stop criminals from carrying drugs. Strong judges and prosecutors will stop them, even if they have to build larger prisons for them. Or resort to Mao Tse Tungs method of stopping the carnage, as was done in China, when he took over.

Disgruntled Citizen said...

Now why didn't they bring in the Social Workers instead of NYPD? The Social Workers would have been blown away instead of a Rookie Cop. Why they could have batted away the bullets with a copy of the DSM-V or their clipboards.

Rest in Peace Officer Rivera. Every Democrat who voted for Bail Reform helped kill you. Every rich person who paid to get Bail Reform passed help kill you. Every deluded teacher and politician who pushed CRT helped kill you.

This is the price police officers pay to do their jobs.

Anonymous said...

New York Fake Progressives sing a different tune !
Talking out of both sides of their mouths. Wake up Sheeple.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/22/defund-police-backers-sing-a-different-tune-after-cop-is-slain/

JQ LLC said...

Admin note:

Never thought I would do this but I chose to delete the comments on the argument of the usage of the word Jew and other comments about race and religion on this thread because I felt it was minimizing the tragedy of the murdered and critically wounded police officers. I also noticed on recent comments that were sent it was reaching ludicrous levels and it would be an insult to the memory of Jason Rivera.

@Ned, sorry I had to remove yours, for it initiated this argument. I know you're a regular reader and your comments are good if at times are disagreeable to me, and I know you didn't mean to insult an entire religion but I felt it had to go in fairness to the others.

I'm closing the comments on this page only.

Anonymous said...

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