The cops arranged last week to buy a .357 Magnum from Green for $1,200
Prohibition prices- what a way to go.
Tragic as the loss of these men is- this is the result of drug war/gun war B.S. IMHO.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/70468.htm
2 COPS EXECUTED ON S.I.
By MURRAY WEISS, LARRY CELONA, ED ROBINSON and BILL SANDERSON
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March 11, 2003 -- Two undercover cops on a gun-buying sting were shot dead execution-style on Staten Island last night - and the killers fled in the officers' car, police said.
Both detectives were shot in the head at close range, said sources.
"It's an execution," said a police source. "They shot them. They ripped them out of their car, and they drove off in the car."
The car - a black Nissan Maxima - was found a few blocks away.
Mayor Bloomberg declared the double slaying "barbarism."
The slain officers "did what so many of our police officers do every day in the course of protecting eight million people - they deliberately put themselves in harm's way to protect the rest of us," the mayor said.
"All of us - everyone in New York City and everyone in America - prays for the souls of these officers."
Police last night released a picture of a Staten Island man wanted in the shooting - Omar Green, 18.
Another suspect was under arrest, and a third man was being questioned - though he denied any involvement.
The cops arranged last week to buy a .357 Magnum from Green for $1,200, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said last night.
In the minutes before the shooting, they met Green and two other men at 67 Hill St., Kelly said. The two men got in the undercovers' car, leaving Green behind.
At a traffic light on Victory Boulevard, the passengers got out briefly - forcing four undercover cars shadowing them to also stop, Kelly said.
Then the suspects got back in the car, and the officers drove along.
One source said the officers -who were wired for sound - spoke code words or made some other signal that the backup cars had been spotted, and should pull away.
The undercovers' car entered a hilly area, and the shadowing cars lost radio contact, said Kelly.
While they were out of touch, one or both of the men in the back seat shot both officers in their heads.
The suspects got out of the car, pulled the wounded officers from the front seat, jumped in and drove off.
Worried about the loss of radio contact, a police supervisor in the backup car ordered a search.
The bleeding officers were found at the corner of St. Pauls Ave. and Hannah Street in Tompkinsville.
When they were found, the slain officers still had the $1,200 cash they planned to use in their sting, said sources.
Area residents said help appeared to arrive quickly.
"I saw lights go by my house - it was an ambulance," said a 32-year-old man who asked that his name not be printed.
He headed for the scene. "I could smell gunpowder walking down the block," the man said.
Medics desperately performed CPR by hand on one of the officers in the back of an ambulance, the man said.
The officers were rushed to Staten Island's St. Vincent's Hospital, where they were declared dead.
Their car was found on Pine Street, a few blocks away, said police sources.
Bloomberg and Kelly rushed to the hospital. Police officers from around the city also converged at the hospital, where they hugged each other. Some cried.
The slain detectives, both former narcotics officers, were assigned to the department's Firearms Task Force, which is part of the Organized Crime Control Bureau.
Although police wouldn't release the men's names for fear of jeopardizing other active investigations, they did offer details about their lives.
They were police academy classmates who joined the department 71/2 years ago.
One was 34, divorced with two children. The other was 36, married with three children.
"They are two of the best cops, and they had one of the most dangerous jobs in the department," said one officer who knew both men.
"They were great guys."
Prohibition prices- what a way to go.
Tragic as the loss of these men is- this is the result of drug war/gun war B.S. IMHO.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/70468.htm
2 COPS EXECUTED ON S.I.
By MURRAY WEISS, LARRY CELONA, ED ROBINSON and BILL SANDERSON
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
March 11, 2003 -- Two undercover cops on a gun-buying sting were shot dead execution-style on Staten Island last night - and the killers fled in the officers' car, police said.
Both detectives were shot in the head at close range, said sources.
"It's an execution," said a police source. "They shot them. They ripped them out of their car, and they drove off in the car."
The car - a black Nissan Maxima - was found a few blocks away.
Mayor Bloomberg declared the double slaying "barbarism."
The slain officers "did what so many of our police officers do every day in the course of protecting eight million people - they deliberately put themselves in harm's way to protect the rest of us," the mayor said.
"All of us - everyone in New York City and everyone in America - prays for the souls of these officers."
Police last night released a picture of a Staten Island man wanted in the shooting - Omar Green, 18.
Another suspect was under arrest, and a third man was being questioned - though he denied any involvement.
The cops arranged last week to buy a .357 Magnum from Green for $1,200, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said last night.
In the minutes before the shooting, they met Green and two other men at 67 Hill St., Kelly said. The two men got in the undercovers' car, leaving Green behind.
At a traffic light on Victory Boulevard, the passengers got out briefly - forcing four undercover cars shadowing them to also stop, Kelly said.
Then the suspects got back in the car, and the officers drove along.
One source said the officers -who were wired for sound - spoke code words or made some other signal that the backup cars had been spotted, and should pull away.
The undercovers' car entered a hilly area, and the shadowing cars lost radio contact, said Kelly.
While they were out of touch, one or both of the men in the back seat shot both officers in their heads.
The suspects got out of the car, pulled the wounded officers from the front seat, jumped in and drove off.
Worried about the loss of radio contact, a police supervisor in the backup car ordered a search.
The bleeding officers were found at the corner of St. Pauls Ave. and Hannah Street in Tompkinsville.
When they were found, the slain officers still had the $1,200 cash they planned to use in their sting, said sources.
Area residents said help appeared to arrive quickly.
"I saw lights go by my house - it was an ambulance," said a 32-year-old man who asked that his name not be printed.
He headed for the scene. "I could smell gunpowder walking down the block," the man said.
Medics desperately performed CPR by hand on one of the officers in the back of an ambulance, the man said.
The officers were rushed to Staten Island's St. Vincent's Hospital, where they were declared dead.
Their car was found on Pine Street, a few blocks away, said police sources.
Bloomberg and Kelly rushed to the hospital. Police officers from around the city also converged at the hospital, where they hugged each other. Some cried.
The slain detectives, both former narcotics officers, were assigned to the department's Firearms Task Force, which is part of the Organized Crime Control Bureau.
Although police wouldn't release the men's names for fear of jeopardizing other active investigations, they did offer details about their lives.
They were police academy classmates who joined the department 71/2 years ago.
One was 34, divorced with two children. The other was 36, married with three children.
"They are two of the best cops, and they had one of the most dangerous jobs in the department," said one officer who knew both men.
"They were great guys."
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