An NYPD officer who was shot in the head while sitting in an unmarked car in Queens Saturday has died from his injuries.
Brian Moore, 25, died Monday, the NYPD confirmed.
"Condolences to the family of PO Brian Moore who lost his life today. RIP to a true hero. We will never forget. #Hero," the NYPD 104th Precinct tweeted Monday afternoon.
"The shooting of Officer Brian Moore over the weekend was a deplorable act of violence that has robbed New York of one of its finest," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Monday. "As a member of the NYPD, Officer Moore put the safety of his fellow New Yorkers before his own, and we will remember his service with gratitude and pride. I join with all New Yorkers in mourning his passing and send my deepest condolences to his friends and family."
Moore underwent surgery for what court papers described as "severe injuries to his skull and brain" and had been in a coma.
The suspect, Demetrius Blackwell, was ordered held without bail Sunday after appearing in Queens Criminal Court. He did not enter a plea to charges of attempted murder.
According to the New York Post, Blackwell has a record of 10 arrests, including five on charges of robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and grand larceny.
Prosecutors planned to present the case to a grand jury before Blackwell's next court appearance on Friday.
Blackwell's court-appointed lawyer, David Bart, said his client denied the charges.
Police on Monday continued to search for the weapon.
Assistant District Attorney Peter McCormack said Moore and patrol partner Erik Jansen -- both in plainclothes in an unmarked police car -- approached Blackwell on a Queens street after seeing him tugging at his waistband around 6:15 p.m. Saturday and asked him "What are you carrying?"
The officers ordered Blackwell to stop and exchanged words with him. That's when Blackwell turned, the prosecutor said, and "in a vicious manner started to fire" -- at least two shots.
Jansen was not hit and radioed for help.
Moore, who has been on the job since July 2010, comes from a family of police officers. His father and uncle are retired NYPD sergeants, and his cousin is a city cop, the New York Post reported.
Moore's listed address is a small, well-kept house in the Long Island hamlet of Massapequa -- a tight-knit community where neighbors have known each other well for decades. Many families have relatives who are police officers.
Neighbors had only kind words for Moore, some saying they shed tears after hearing he was shot.
"He's a good kid," an unidentified woman told the New York Post. "We're all praying for him. I've known him since he was a baby."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
First of all brother, you don't know me. We aren't friends or even acquaintances. We aren't going to do lunch or share a steam anytime soon, yet for some reason you decide to take a shot at me? Who the fuck are you? What is unbelievable is the only time I have ever addressed you was to congratulate you on your stupid fucking bracelet and I didn't know or care who the fuck you were then either. Now you try to publicly diminish me or my views with this idiotic shit. How about I put you all in there chief. Why don't you explain to me how this officer's unfortunate demise is any more significant than anyone else that dies in the line of duty. How is his death any more of a tragedy than the soldier that served two tours in Iraq and two in Afghanistan and came home to poverty, homelessness and ultimately died on the streets.OH just wait fat daddy will be here soon to let us know it was the police officer's fault. UNBELIEVABLE
Yes it is. Unfortunately, this information can't be blamed on the president, Eric Holder, or Al Sharpton so it's roundly ignored.
I took the shot because the reams of your left wing progressive shit is hilarious and always backed up by your so called facts is just so ridiculous. Your so right we aren't buddies or acquaintances which is fine with me. Your just another left wing progressive twat that believes in what this fucking moron of a president and his liberal allies are doing to this country.
But the greatness of this country allows you to express your opinions no matter what they are and no matter how stupid and destructive they are.
So get with all the left wing twats on this site and pile on, I'll be ROTFLMAO as i read your posts.:0008:142smilie
Here are quotes from the family of an Atlanta woman that was pulled over in a stolen truck and put in handcuffs. She was put in back of cop car and managed to free a hand and pull a gun. She missed officers by inches when firing on them. They returned fire killing her...........................This is where we are with personal responsibility in this country:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
?She wasn?t supposed to be gunned down like that,? said Lucius Christian, the woman?s grandfather. ?That was very ugly. They were supposed to have searched her. She didn?t even weigh 100 pounds. You can?t see a gun on a 100-pound person? It shouldn?t have never happened.?
?She shouldn?t have, if she did,? he said. ?If she did, it was their fault. It wasn?t hers. She was in city police custody. The minute they put handcuffs on her, the minute she entered the back seat of that police car, she was in police custody.?
?If you look at her arrests, she was not in there for no violent crimes,? Felecia Christian said of her daughter. ?She might have stolen a car here or there; she was a wild child. She didn?t do anything that would deserve her to be dead. She did nothing to deserve death.?
I took the shot because the reams of your left wing progressive shit is hilarious and always backed up by your so called facts is just so ridiculous. Your so right we aren't buddies or acquaintances which is fine with me. Your just another left wing progressive twat that believes in what this fucking moron of a president and his liberal allies are doing to this country.
But the greatness of this country allows you to express your opinions no matter what they are and no matter how stupid and destructive they are.
So get with all the left wing twats on this site and pile on, I'll be ROTFLMAO as i read your posts.:0008:142smilie
I took the shot because the reams of your left wing progressive shit is hilarious and always backed up by your so called facts is just so ridiculous. Your so right we aren't buddies or acquaintances which is fine with me. Your just another left wing progressive twat that believes in what this fucking moron of a president and his liberal allies are doing to this country.
But the greatness of this country allows you to express your opinions no matter what they are and no matter how stupid and destructive they are.
So get with all the left wing twats on this site and pile on, I'll be ROTFLMAO as i read your posts.:0008:142smilie
hank has a new friend with a cool bracelet haha you give him the news ctown ....lunch is on hank
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OH just wait fat daddy will be here soon to let us know it was the police officer's fault. UNBELIEVABLE
Law enforcement has every right to do what ever they please in the streets.... obey the law and be respectful when pulled over or questioned ... and it doesn't matter what the fuck there asking you.... it doesn't matter if you like it or not, your job is to be respectful no matter what....
However you will never be able to explain that to animals, it's impossible.
And for all you youngsters out there... remember a cop can either take you to jail for this, that and this or he can act like nothing happened and get rid of this, this and that and tell you to have a nice day... it's all about your character and how speak to a cop... very simple
Law enforcement has every right to do what ever they please in the streets
Law enforcement has every right to do what ever they please in the streets.... obey the law and be respectful when pulled over or questioned ... and it doesn't matter what the fuck there asking you.... it doesn't matter if you like it or not, your job is to be respectful no matter what....
However you will never be able to explain that to animals, it's impossible.
And for all you youngsters out there... remember a cop can either take you to jail for this, that and this or he can act like nothing happened and get rid of this, this and that and tell you to have a nice day... it's all about your character and how speak to a cop... very simple
Fuck you make my head hurt
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