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Policeman shot in head dies in New York
New York, May 5
A New York police officer who
was shot in the head on the weekend died after being disconnected from
his respirator at a Queens hospital.
The family of Brian Moore,
made the decision to remove him from life support on Saturday, making
him the third police officer killed in the line of duty in this city in
the past six months, according to Efe.
Officers Rafael Ramos and
Wenjian Liu were also murdered in Queens by a man who approached and
opened fire on them before they could react.
Moore, who was in
police force for five years, was fatally wounded by Demetrius Blackwell,
who has a criminal record and served time in prison, as he was
patrolling in a vehicle with another officer.
The incident took
place Saturday afternoon when Moore and his partner were dressed in
plainclothes and saw a man walking down the street adjusting something
in his belt.
When the officers approached him in their car, the
suspect quickly turned and opened fire on them, not giving them time to
react or get out of their vehicle.
The officer, the son and
nephew of police officers, was taken to a hospital in Jamaica, in
Queens, where he died, while Blackwell, 35, was arrested shortly
thereafter and charged with attempted murder, assault and illegal
weapons possession.
However, after Moore's death, prosecutors will file a murder charge against the gunman.
Governor Andrew Cuomo lamented Moore's death and called the incident a "deplorable act of violence."
The
police have not yet found the handgun that Blackwell used, and a
citizens organisation was offering a $5,000 reward for information
leading to its recovery.
After learning what happened to Moore,
many citizens wrote messages of support on the social networks, where
his death was also announced.