Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On December 20, 2014, Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley shot and killed Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu — two on-duty New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers — in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Brinsley then fled into the New York City Subway, where he killed himself.
Joseph Petrosino (born Giuseppe Petrosino, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe petroˈziːno;-ˈsiːno]; August 30, 1860 – March 12, 1909) was an Italian-born New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime.
The first time Jeter fired, the bullet passed through her cheek. He then walked a short distance only to return after a few moments to shoot her in the face, killing her. Lozada's body was found three hours later in the lot; she was the first female officer to be killed in the line of duty in New York City. [2] [6]
The NYPD has lost 932 officers in the line of duty since 1849. This figure includes officers from agencies that were later absorbed by or became a part of the modern NYPD, in addition to the NYPD itself. This number also includes 28 officers killed on and off duty by gunfire of other officers on duty.
New York City Police Department: February 26, 1988: Shot in an ambush while on protection duty for a witness in a drug case. [86] Detective George Caccavale: New York City Transit Police: June 26, 1976: Shot and killed while working a security job at a cash checking store. [87] Officer Seraphin Calabrese: New York City Transit Police: February ...
This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in 2008, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer involved.
New York (Brooklyn) Lopez had allegedly just shot and killed a man and left in a van. Officers pulled him over & shot and killed him when he turned toward them. [82] 2003‑04‑30 Quinones, Floyd (28) New York (Brooklyn) Shot and killed after he fired 17 shots into the air to mark a friend's birthday. [83] 2003‑04‑26 Johnson, Charquissa (23)
This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in June 2024, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer ...