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NYPD Releases Video Of Shooter Killing Off-Duty Correction Officer
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Jen Chung
Published Dec 9, 2016
Modified Aug 1, 2017
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A surveillance video captured the moment a rookie correction officer was fatally shot while she sat in her car on a Brooklyn street. Police released the footage, as well as images of two individuals who are wanted in connection of Alastasia Bryan's murder.
Bryan, 25, was off-duty when she was found dead in her car at East 73rd Street and Avenue L in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, on December 4th around 9:15 p.m. NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said that she had left her mother's house to make a phone call when the shooter walked up to the car and fired five times.
AMNY reports, "The suspect appeared to be waiting for Bryan in another car and got out to shoot her," Boyce said. "He then got into a tan car and drove off."
Bryan was found with gunshot wounds to her head and body.
The video shows the shooter walking towards Bryan's car and firing. Then the shooter flees west on Avenue L and gets into what the police say is a gold or tan colored 4-door Hyundai Elantra. The shooter and another individual are described as males in dark colored clothing.
According to the Daily News, "Investigators suspect an inmate at Rikers Island put a hit out on Bryan, though correction officials told cops she had little to no contact with prisoners." Also, Bryan's ex-boyfriend is also apparently someone of interest: sources tell the NY Post that Bryan recently broke up with her boyfriend, who has a lengthy rap sheet.
There is a $50,000 reward being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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