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Video Shows Monroe-Woodbury Grad Singing With Partner Hour Before Shooting Video Shows Monroe-Woodbury Grad Singing With Partner Hour Before Shooting
Video Shows Monroe-Woodbury Grad Singing With Partner Hour Before Shooting As the family and the NYPD mourn the passing of an officer from Orange County living in Westchester who was shot while fighting with a suspect, an online video shows him singing with his partner just an hour before his death. Posted to Facebook by Brian Mulkeen's friend Bryan Mahon, in the 20-second clip the men can be heard singing their hearts out to an old John Denver song, "Take Me Home, Country Roads." Watch the video here Mulkeen, 33, of Yorktown Heights, was fatally shot in a hand-to-hand struggle with an armed suspect just after 12:30 Sunday, Sept. 29 at the Edenwald Houses in…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Officer From Hudson Valley Killed By Friendly Fire In Struggle With Suspect, NYPD Says Officer From Hudson Valley Killed By Friendly Fire In Struggle With Suspect, NYPD Says
Officer From Hudson Valley Killed By Friendly Fire In Struggle With Suspect, Nypd Says In a stunning announcement, New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said that NYPD Officer Brain Mulkeen, a Westchester resident and Orange County native, was killed by friendly fire. “This is a tragic case of friendly fire,” O’Neill said during a press conference Monday, Sept. 30. “It’s an absolute tragedy. O'Neill went on to say that as the suspect, Antonio Lavance Williams, who was also killed, reached for his gun, Mulkeen fired five shots, causing five other officers on the scene to open fire, firing a total of 15 rounds, with two hitting Mulkeen. A loaded, .32-caliber gun was …

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by Kathy Reakes