Black NYPD COP DIES After Being Shot In The Head; Police Source Says Shooter Was ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ Member
Awful news tonight – for the fourth time in the last 11 months a New York City police officer has been killed. He was responding to a call of a man with a gun and gave chase.
An NYPD officer has been shot in East Harlem after responding to reports of a man with a gun & a foot pursuit of a suspect. Update to follow
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 21, 2015
Here’s a local news report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UajRKF16bJI
NYPD Police Officer Randolph Holder was shot and killed in the line of duty tonight. pic.twitter.com/LB9D402akV
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 21, 2015
Former NYPD officer John Cardillo says that his police sources indicate the shooter was a “Black Lives Matter” member:
RIP NYPD Police Officer Randolph Holder. End of Watch, 10/20/2015.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 21, 2015
Getting really disturbing info from cops at Harlem Hospital that residents, some ID'ing as #BlackLivesMatter, are celebrating cop's death.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 21, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter caused this. @BilldeBlasio caused this. Al Sharpton caused this. And Barack Obama caused this. I'm sick of it.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 21, 2015
This is the picture from Cardillo’s website of the shooter:
Of course, these are early reports and could be incorrect.
More from CNN:
A New York Police Department officer has died after he was shot in the head while chasing a gunman in East Harlem, authorities said.
Randolph Holder, 33, was shot Tuesday night while responding to reports of a man with a gun in the area, Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said.
“He was an immigrant … in the words of Abraham Lincoln, a man who gave the full measure of devotion for a city he loved,” Mayor Bill De Blasio said.
Holder was the fourth officer killed in New York City in 11 months, Bratton said.
He is married and joined the department in 2010.
The suspect was arrested four blocks away, and is in custody with gunshot wounds to the leg, authorities said.
UPDATE:
Here’s Mayor DeBlasio’s press conference:
Police Officer #RandolphHolder was a true African American. Immigrant from Ghana, family of cops. His life mattered.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 21, 2015