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Off-Duty Cop Fatally Shoots Man Who Fired At Him
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 26, 2012
Modified Jan 26, 2012
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The police say that a man, suspected in an earlier carjacking, was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn.
Apparently, the 22-year-old suspect had crashed his car into a light pole at Jamaica Avenue and Cyprus Street around 4 a.m. The Post reports that an off-duty officer witnessed the crash and followed the driver, who was wearing a mask, "after seeing him flee the crash carrying a gun."
After a few blocks, the suspect fired a few times at the off-duty police officer, and NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says the cop returned fire. The suspect was pronounced dead at a hospital; his gun was found at the scene. WABC 7 reports that he was "suspected in an earlier shooting, attempted carjacking and a separate successful carjacking in Queens."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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