Gunman kills two New York police officers New York, Dec 21: Two New York police officers were shot dead by a lone gunman in Brooklyn Saturday, apparently to avenge the death of African-Americans Eric Garner and Michael Brown at the hands of white police personnel. According to investigators, it was an execution-style mission, the New York Post reported.The New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers were working overtime as part of an anti-terrorism drill when they were shot at point-blank range, in their heads, according to the report.Im putting wings on pigs today, a person believed to be the gunman wrote on Instagram in a message posted just three hours before the officers were shot through the front passenger window of their car. The post included an image of a silver automatic handgun with a wooden handle.Another post showed camouflage pants and blue sneakers, which matched the clothing the dead gunman was wearing as his body was carried away from the scene on a stretcher.They take (one) of ours... lets take (two) of theirs, the post added.The gunman fled to a nearby subway station, where, as pursuing police personnel closed in, he shot himself, sources said.. I heard shooting -- four or five shots, said Derrick McKie. It sounded like from a single gun, he said, adding that ambulances and police cars rushed to the scene
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:29:44 +0000
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