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Allegedly Drunk Off-Duty Cop Fatally Strikes Pedestrian
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Ben Yakas
Published Sep 15, 2011
Modified Sep 15, 2011
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An off-duty cop has been charged with killing a man while allegedly driving drunk early Wednesday morning in the Bronx. According to police, rookie officer Luis Arnao, 25, struck Tyre Chisholm, 22, with his 2011 Honda Accord as Chisholm was crossing the street on White Plains Road near 241st Street just before 4 a.m. "He got hit hard. He flew up in the air. His shoes flew off with his socks still in them," said witness Devine Douglas.
Douglas added that Arnao "was definitely speeding. He kept going, but turned around and came back." Arnao, who joined the force in July 2010 and was assigned to Patrol Borough Bronx, stayed at the scene after the accident; his blood-alcohol level was later found to be .07. Arnao has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated; he was suspended with pay from the department.
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