Official: New York cop shot Saturday dies
If Brian Moore had shot Demetrius Blackwell it would have been the lead story on every MSM network.
A New York City police officer who was shot in the head late Saturday during a routine stop in Queens, N.Y., has died from his injuries, a city official said on Monday.
Brian Moore, 25, was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center after undergoing brain surgery there, the Associated Press reported.
New York Police Commissioner William J. Bratton told reporters outside the hospital, "I did not know this officer in person in life, I've only come to know him in death," The New York Times reported.
Authorities said Moore and his partner were patrolling in a quiet residential Queens neighborhood in an unmarked police car on Saturday night when they approached 35-year-old Demetrius Blackwell. They allegedly saw him adjust his waistband, a move that made them suspicious that he had a handgun. The officers pulled up next to Blackwell and spoke to him.
According to court documents, Blackwell suddenly turned, pulled out a weapon and fired at least twice, striking the car twice and Moore once in the head and face. His partner was unhurt.
Police arrested Blackwell about 90 minutes after the shooting, at a house a block away. He was arraigned on Sunday, but Moore's death will likely modify the charges to include murder.
A self-described "hell-raiser" and a cousin of former New York Giants cornerback Kory Blackwell, the suspect had a prior history of attacking policemen, the New York Daily News reported.
Police early Monday morning found what they said was the gun used in the shooting, a .38-caliber revolver with two live bullets and three expended casings.
Moore, who came from a family of police officers, had been on the job since July 2010. He was the first city officer to be killed on duty since two uniformed police officers were slain in December while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn.
Officers Wenjian Liu, 32, and Rafael Ramos, 40, were shot at close range on Dec. 20. The gunman, 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, ran into a nearby subway station and fatally shot himself.
Before the December ambush, Brinsley posted on an Instagram account that he was planning to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the July 2014 death of Eric Garner while in police custody in Staten Island.
Officials said Blackwell made no such postings last week, but that he had an extensive criminal history, including serving five years in prison on an attempted murder conviction.
In a statement, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Moore "put his life on the line each day to keep us all safe. On Saturday, he made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the people of New York City."
At the 105th Precinct in Queens Village, N.Y., where Moore was based, a mourner on Monday dropped off a bouquet of tiger lillies and roses, the Daily News reported.
"I'm sorry," said the woman, who declined to give her name. Choking up as she greeted a couple of police officers outside the station house, she said, "He took a bullet for the whole neighborhood."
Official:op shot Saturday dies
A New York City police officer who was shot in the head late Saturday during a routine stop in Queens, N.Y., has died from his injuries, a city official said on Monday.
Brian Moore, 25, was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center after undergoing brain surgery there, the Associated Press reported.
New York Police Commissioner William J. Bratton told reporters outside the hospital, "I did not know this officer in person in life, I've only come to know him in death," The New York Times reported.
Authorities said Moore and his partner were patrolling in a quiet residential Queens neighborhood in an unmarked police car on Saturday night when they approached 35-year-old Demetrius Blackwell. They allegedly saw him adjust his waistband, a move that made them suspicious that he had a handgun. The officers pulled up next to Blackwell and spoke to him.
According to court documents, Blackwell suddenly turned, pulled out a weapon and fired at least twice, striking the car twice and Moore once in the head and face. His partner was unhurt.
Police arrested Blackwell about 90 minutes after the shooting, at a house a block away. He was arraigned on Sunday, but Moore's death will likely modify the charges to include murder.
A self-described "hell-raiser" and a cousin of former New York Giants cornerback Kory Blackwell, the suspect had a prior history of attacking policemen, the New York Daily News reported.
Police early Monday morning found what they said was the gun used in the shooting, a .38-caliber revolver with two live bullets and three expended casings.
Moore, who came from a family of police officers, had been on the job since July 2010. He was the first city officer to be killed on duty since two uniformed police officers were slain in December while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn.
Officers Wenjian Liu, 32, and Rafael Ramos, 40, were shot at close range on Dec. 20. The gunman, 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, ran into a nearby subway station and fatally shot himself.
Before the December ambush, Brinsley posted on an Instagram account that he was planning to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the July 2014 death of Eric Garner while in police custody in Staten Island.
Officials said Blackwell made no such postings last week, but that he had an extensive criminal history, including serving five years in prison on an attempted murder conviction.
In a statement, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Moore "put his life on the line each day to keep us all safe. On Saturday, he made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the people of New York City."
At the 105th Precinct in Queens Village, N.Y., where Moore was based, a mourner on Monday dropped off a bouquet of tiger lillies and roses, the Daily News reported.
"I'm sorry," said the woman, who declined to give her name. Choking up as she greeted a couple of police officers outside the station house, she said, "He took a bullet for the whole neighborhood."
