News (Media Awareness Project) - US NY: Officer Shot 4 Suspects Held In Drug Case |
| Title: | US NY: Officer Shot 4 Suspects Held In Drug Case |
| Published On: | 2002-05-23 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-23 07:05:48 |
OFFICER SHOT; 4 SUSPECTS HELD IN DRUG CASE
A plainclothes police officer was shot in the arm last night in Brooklyn
during an undercover drug operation in which the officer traded gunfire
with suspects, the authorities said. The officer, whose name was not
released, was in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center,
Detective Cheryl Cox said.
Four suspects were arrested, two of whom had been shot, the police said.
Their names and conditions were unavailable last night.
The undercover drug operation, on the sixth or seventh floor of 301 Sutter
Avenue, in the Langston Hughes housing project in Brownsville, turned into
a shootout around 10 p.m., an officer at the scene said. Gunfire was
exchanged upstairs, in the lobby, and outside the building, the police said.
The four suspects were caught within two hours. One was shot in the left
shoulder and was arrested at the L train subway station at Atlantic and Van
Sinderen Avenues. The second suspect was shot in the leg and arrested at
the scene of the drug operation. The third suspect was handcuffed outside
the building. It was unclear where the fourth suspects was arrested.
An officer on the scene said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police
Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly were going to visit the officer at the hospital.
More than 100 officers, some with search dogs, were at the scene
investigating the shooting..
Patsy Stephens, who lives in the building, said she was watching television
when she heard shots. "I was on my bed and I jumped up," she said. "I ran
in the living room. I heard shooting, pow-pow-pow-pow was all it was, and
it frightened me."
The wounded officer was the third to be shot in Brooklyn within a month.
Last Friday, Officer Crystal Jeffrey, a rookie, was shot twice in the arm
while she was returning to the 70th Precinct station, where she worked. Two
suspects have been arrested.
On April 26, Officer Michael Kreiman, another rookie, was shot in the side
after arresting a man suspected of stripping cars in East Flatbush. Three
men were arrested in that shooting.
A plainclothes police officer was shot in the arm last night in Brooklyn
during an undercover drug operation in which the officer traded gunfire
with suspects, the authorities said. The officer, whose name was not
released, was in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center,
Detective Cheryl Cox said.
Four suspects were arrested, two of whom had been shot, the police said.
Their names and conditions were unavailable last night.
The undercover drug operation, on the sixth or seventh floor of 301 Sutter
Avenue, in the Langston Hughes housing project in Brownsville, turned into
a shootout around 10 p.m., an officer at the scene said. Gunfire was
exchanged upstairs, in the lobby, and outside the building, the police said.
The four suspects were caught within two hours. One was shot in the left
shoulder and was arrested at the L train subway station at Atlantic and Van
Sinderen Avenues. The second suspect was shot in the leg and arrested at
the scene of the drug operation. The third suspect was handcuffed outside
the building. It was unclear where the fourth suspects was arrested.
An officer on the scene said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police
Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly were going to visit the officer at the hospital.
More than 100 officers, some with search dogs, were at the scene
investigating the shooting..
Patsy Stephens, who lives in the building, said she was watching television
when she heard shots. "I was on my bed and I jumped up," she said. "I ran
in the living room. I heard shooting, pow-pow-pow-pow was all it was, and
it frightened me."
The wounded officer was the third to be shot in Brooklyn within a month.
Last Friday, Officer Crystal Jeffrey, a rookie, was shot twice in the arm
while she was returning to the 70th Precinct station, where she worked. Two
suspects have been arrested.
On April 26, Officer Michael Kreiman, another rookie, was shot in the side
after arresting a man suspected of stripping cars in East Flatbush. Three
men were arrested in that shooting.
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