"Breathe", and "aim" come to my mind... NYPOST Cops shoot two bystanders on??Broadway Cops trying to subdue an emotionally disturbed man accidentally shot two female bystanders outside Port Authority Bus Terminal on Saturday night. One victim, 54, was struck in her leg — breaking two bones in her calf — as she stood leaning on her four-wheeled walker across from the terminal; a second woman, 35, was grazed in her buttocks. One of the victim’s of Saturday’s shooting lies wounded on the sidewalk.Twitter/ Kerri Ann Nesbeth Two cops pulled off a total of three shots in the mistaken belief that the deranged man was armed after he reached into his pocket as they approached him, officials said. The man took his hand out of his pocket and “simulated shooting the officers,” Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters. “He’s got a gun!” witnesses said someone in the crowd shouted just before shots rang out. One police bullet sent the first unidentified woman sprawling to the sidewalk grate, still clutching her walker. She was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where Kelly visited her before speaking to reporters waiting outside. The second woman struck was taken to Roosevelt Hospital. Kelly visited her, too, prior to her release at 1:15 Sunday morning. The woman, who did not give her name, left Roosevelt on foot, still wearing a hospital gown. She left accompanied by a cop, a man in a suit, and a third man in casual clothes. When a reporter asked her to describe what happened, she was ordered not to speak by the man in the suit. The chaos began a block from Times Square just after 9:30 p.m., when the hulking, 35-year-old man ran into the bustling intersection of Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street. “It was like he wanted to get hit,” one eyewitness, Fabiola Ferere, 30, of Queens, told The Post. Police rushed to the scene, halting traffic and trying to subdue the crazed man, who somehow managed to avoid being struck by swerving and skidding vehicles. Police finally brought the deranged man down with a Taser, then took him to Bellevue. Kelly told reporters little of his conversation with the two victims. “They weren’t 100 percent certain of what happened,” he said, describing their mindset after being shot. “They’re in good spirits,” he added. Additional reporting by Matt McNulty
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:09:11 +0000
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