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New Video Shows Moments Leading Up To Fatal Shooting Of Man By
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Newly released body camera footage shows the tense moments that led to a New York’s man’s death at the hands of police. The Sullivan County incident happened in the town of Thompson, on Rock Hill Drive, at around 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16. New York State Police said troopers were pursuing 32-year-old Orange County resident Albert Melendez, of Middletown, when Melendez stopped and attempted to turn around at the intersection of Rock Hill Drive and Emerald Place. Earlier Report: Man From Region Killed By State Trooper After Striking Officer With Car, Police Say A trooper exited…
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Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting After Stabbing Cop At Bay Shore Residence, Police Say
A man was shot and killed by an officer after police say he stabbed a cop responding to a domestic incident at a Long Island resident. The incident happened Saturday morning, Feb. 17 in Bay Shore. Suffolk County Police Third Precinct police officers responded to 1138 Udall Road at approximately 9:10 a.m. Two officers approached the door and 33-year-old Taiquell Woodson came outside charging at the officers with a knife, according to police. "One officer fell into the snow and Woodson jumped on top of him and stabbed him multiple times," Suffolk County Police said…
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Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting Of Elite Fencer At NY Home Under Investigation By NY AG
An officer-involved shooting at a Long Island home that killed an elite fencer is under investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office. The agency’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) has opened a probe into the death of Alan Weber, who was shot to death by a Suffolk County Police officer inside an Elwood home Tuesday night, Oct. 10. Officers responded to the home, located on Mander Lane, at around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday after a neighbor called 911 saying a man was acting violently, according to Suffolk County Police. Earlier Report: Police Shoot, Kill Sword-Wielding …
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Wanted 21-Year-Old Opens Fire On Officers During Arrest Attempt On Long Island, Police Say
A 21-year-old robbery suspect shot at two police officers who then returned fire, injuring the gunman, during a shootout on Long Island, authorities said. The incident happened at around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, June 21, in North Amityville, according to Suffolk County Police. At the time, the officers were transporting another inmate to a police station when they saw a man who was wanted for robbery and a missing firearm. The suspect, identified as Jayvon Bell, ran from the scene and the two officers chased after him on Maple Road, police said. As the officers were pursuing him, Bell pulled…
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Gunman In NY Trooper Shooting ID'd As 32-Year-Old Parolee; Incident Captured On Bodycam
New Update - NY State Police Trooper Shooting: Woman Who Drove Vehicle Facing Multiple Charges An officer-worn body camera captured the moment a convicted felon out on parole opened fire on a New York State Police trooper during a traffic stop in upstate New York. Emergency crews in Schenectady County were initially called at around 11:15 a.m. Friday, June 16, with reports that a trooper had been shot on I-88 in the town Duanesburg. According to State Police, the incident began when the trooper stopped an SUV near Exit 23 after observing the vehicle going more than 100 miles per hour. As…
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Accused Cop Shooter Charged With Attempted Murder For 'Senseless' Attack On Long Island Officer
The 20-year-old man accused of shooting a Long Island police officer on the job could spend decades behind bars. Janell Funderburke, age 20, of Coram, was formally arraigned on over a dozen criminal charges, including aggravated attempted murder, in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, May 25. Suffolk County Police officers were surveilling Funderburke’s Coram home, located on Homestead Drive near Norfleet Lane, as part of an armed robbery investigation on Thursday, May 11, according to the Suffolk County DA’s office. Earlier Report: Watch: Suffolk County Officer Gets Hero's Send-Off Fr…
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Watch: Long Island Officer Gets Hero's Send-Off From Hospital Week After Being Shot On Duty
A Long Island police officer is back home with his family just one week after being shot while on duty. Suffolk County Police officer Michael LaFauci was released from Stony Brook University Hospital on Thursday, May 18. Video shared by the department shows the six-year veteran officer exiting the hospital in a wheelchair, flanked by his fiancé and 17-month-daughter, as dozens of officers salute and bagpipers perform "God Bless America." Video of LaFauci's release can be viewed here. The moving scene came just seven days after LaFauci was shot while surveilling a home in Coram, located on…
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Update: Long Island Officer Shot On Duty To Be Released From Hospital
A Long Island police officer is set to be released from the hospital a week after he was shot while on duty. Suffolk County Police officer Michael LaFauci will be released from Stony Brook University Hospital at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 18, the department announced in a statement. LaFauci was shot Thursday, May 11, while surveilling a home in Coram, located on Homestead Drive near Norfleet Lane, as part of an armed robbery investigation. Earlier Report: Accused Cop Shooter Was Once Rescued From Burning Car By Suffolk County Police The alleged gunman, 20-year-old Jennel Funderburke, of C…
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Accused Cop Shooter Was Once Rescued From Burning Car By Same Long Island Police Force
The 20-year-old man accused of shooting a Long Island police officer during a foot chase was once rescued by members of the same police force. Jennel Funderburke, of Coram, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder in Suffolk County Court on Friday, May 12, in connection with the shooting of a Suffolk County Police officer one day prior. Police had been surveilling Funderburke’s Coram home, located on Homesteads Drive near Norfleet Lane, as part of an armed robbery investigation on Thursday, May 11, according to police. Earlier Report: Update: ID Released For Man Accused Of Shooting Suf…
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New Update: Suspect Charged In Shooting Of
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Officer From Long Island
A 22-year-old man with no police record has been charged with the attempted murder of an NYPD officer from Long Island. Devin Spraggins, a transient who has several addresses in the Bronx, was apprehended by US Marshals and New York Police detectives around 9 p.m., Thursday, April 6, for the attempted murder of NYPD Officer Brett Boller, age 22, of Hauppauge on Wednesday, April 5, said NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig. Boller, a rookie and the son of Don Boller, a homicide detective with the NYPD for some 30 years, was shot in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, NYPD said. A bus driver…
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Park Ranger Shoots Man Who Lunged At Him With Knife In Copiague, Police Say
A was hospitalized with serious injuries after police said he lunged at a park ranger with a knife on Long Island, and the park ranger shot him. The incident happened at Tanner Park Marina in Copiague at about 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, the Suffolk County Police Department said. SCPD said a Town of Babylon park ranger was responding to a complaint about a suspicious person when the man lunged at him. The park ranger shot the man once in the chest, police said. The man was hospitalized for treatment of serious injuries, and the park ranger was taken to a hospital for evaluation, …
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Surviving Officer Shot In Double-Fatal CT Incident Graduated From HS In Northern Westchester
The surviving Connecticut police officer injured while responding to a call that killed two of his fellow officers is a native New Yorker who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester. Alec Iurato, age 26, now a resident of Bristol in Hartford County, graduated from Yorktown High School in 2014. Iurato underwent surgery for a gunshot wound and was released from the hospital on Thursday, Oct. 13, police said. Yorktown High School Principal Joseph DeGennaro said in a Twitter post that Iurato was a "terrific" role model, standout baseball player, and "an even better person." Earli…
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Officers Shot, Killed In Connecticut Were Reportedly Lured By Fake 911 Call
Two Connecticut police officers who were gunned down and killed when responding to an apparent domestic dispute may have been lured to the home by a fake 911 call. Bristol Police Sgt. Dustin DeMonte, age 35, and Officer Alex Hamzy, age 34, both young fathers, were killed and 26-year-old Alec Iurato was injured, around 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12 in a residential neighborhood in Bristol, said the Connecticut State Police. State police said a preliminary investigation has found that Bristol Police received a 911 call reporting a possible domestic violence incident between two siblings at 3…
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IDs Released For Officers Involved In Double-Fatal Connecticut Shooting
Updated story: Officers Shot, Killed In Connecticut Were Reportedly Lured By Fake 911 Call Two Connecticut police officers who were fatally shot and one seriously injured during a call for a domestic incident have been identified. The incident took place in Hartford County around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12 in Bristol, near the headquarters of ESPN. Sgt. Christine Jeltema of the Connecticut State Police said at a press conference Thursday, Oct. 13 that the three officers responded to 310 Redstone Hill Road for a reported domestic violence incident between two people. When office…
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Man Armed With Knife Shot, Killed By Trooper During Incident In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A man was shot and killed by a trooper after threatening an officer with a knife during an incident in the Hudson Valley, according to New York State Police. It happened on Saturday, Sept. 9 in Ulster County. State Police and the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to assist the Ulster County Mobile Mental Health crisis team at a residence in the town of Wawarsing located on Clark Road. When responding patrols arrived, they encountered a distraught man, later identified as 41-year-old Daniel K. McAlpin, who was inside the residence and armed with a large knife, said st…
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NY Woman Killed By Her Own Dog In Backyard Attack
A 70-year-old New York woman was killed by the family's 100-pound pit bull that was later killed by police. The Long Island incident took place in the hamlet of Albertson in North Hempstead on Wednesday, July 27 around 1:20 p.m. in the backyard of a home on Terrace Court. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said during a news conference the woman's husband came home and found the dog attacking his wife in the backyard. The woman's identity was not released. The 7-year-old dog had been owned by the woman's stepson who was recently killed in a motorcycle crash, Ryder said. The …
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ID Released For Detective Shot During Sting Operation In Westchester
A veteran police detective in Westchester is recovering from surgery after being shot during an FBI anti-gun task force sting operation. The Yonkers Police Department said that Det. Brian Menton, a 27-year-veteran of the force who was a week from retiring, was shot at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 in a small grocery store near the intersection of Elm Street and Linden Street in the city. Earlier story - New Details Released After Officer Shot, Hospitalized In Yonkers At the time of the shooting, Menton, who was assigned to the Westchester County Safe Streets…
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Nassau County Detectives Shoot Man Who Threatened Them With Knife In Suffolk, Police Say
A man was hospitalized with serious injuries after he threatened detectives with a knife and they shot him, police reported. The incident happened in Copiague at about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, and it involved Nassau County Police detectives, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Suffolk Police said the detectives were interviewing a 39-year-old man outside of his home on Buchanan Avenue about an incident that happened in Nassau County at an earlier date when the man charged at the detectives and threatened them with the knife. The detectives shot the man, w…
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Crips Gang Member Shoots At Officers In Nassau County, Then Puts Gun To His Head, Police Say
A shooting involving police and a robbery suspect ended on Long Island with a Crips gang member in custody. The 20-year-old gang member, who the police declined to identify, said the incident began around 1 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, when officers attempted to pull over a black Dodge Charger in Uniondale which they believed was involved in an earlier robbery in Levittown, said Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder during a news conference. As the officers attempted to pull the car over, the suspect tried to squeeze between two cars, injuring one person and damaging his vehicle, police s…
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Long Island Man Convicted Of Attempting To Murder Four Police Officers
A Long Island man has been convicted for attempting to kill four Nassau County police officers during a traffic stop. Duane Costa, age 37, of Uniondale, was found guilty on Thursday, Dec. 16 of four counts of attempted murder and other charges in connection with the 2018 stop, said Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith. “Duane Costa deliberately fired multiple rounds at four police officers with the clear intention to end their lives," said Smith. "Even when his gun fell to the ground, Costa did not stop, pulled out another gun, aimed at the officers’ heads, and continued to sh…
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Dog Shot, Killed After Attacking Four Including Officer On Long Island
A dog was fatally shot after attacking four people, including a police officer on Long Island. The incident took place around 12:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27 in Setauket. That's when Suffolk County Police responded to a home on St. George Glen Road for a report of a dog attacking three residents. According to police, when officers arrived on the scene, a 6-year-old English Bulldog attacked the officer, and the officer shot and killed the dog. The residents, two women, and a man, along with the officer, were transported to Stony Brook Hospital for treatment, police said. The dog belonged t…
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Officer From Long Island Shot In Brooklyn
An NYPD cop from Long Island who was shot three times in Brooklyn is expected to live after his bulletproof vest protected his body when he was shot once in the chest area. Suffolk County resident Brian McGurran, age 28, who was identified by Mayor Bill de Blasio, was shot around 11:15 p.m., Wednesday, May 12, in the borough's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. McGurran was shot after he and another officer got out of their unmarked vehicle to question a man, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said. He was struck in the rear of his bulletproof vest, as well as in his leg and buttocks, Shea said. …
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ID Released For Long Island Man Killed In Police-Involved Shooting
A man shot dead by police on Long Island after allegedly threatening officers with a rifle has been identified. Suffolk County police said Jeffrey McClure, 26, of East Northport was shot and killed around 10:08 p.m., Sunday, June 7. According to homicide detectives, officers were called to the home at 23 Grant St. for a domestic incident. When they arrived, McClure allegedly pointed a gun at officers who then exited the home. McClure made his way to the roof of the home and ignored commands to drop the gun, which appeared to be a hunting rifle, police said. He was shot after threate…
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ID Released For Suspected Mercedes Teen Carjacker Shot, Killed By Nassau County PD After Chase
A 19-year-old who was shot and killed by Nassau County police after allegedly stealing a Mercedes at gunpoint has been identified. Matthew Felix, of Cambria Heights, Queens, was shot around 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25, as he fled from Nassau County police who had tracked him to his home where the stolen vehicle was found, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. During a press conference, Ryder said Felix had arranged on social media to buy a Mercedes from another person and set up a meeting in Garden City. Once the two met, Felix allegedly pulled out a black handgun and …
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Suspected Carjacker Shot, Killed By Nassau County Police After Chase Into Queens
Click here for an updated story:ID Released For Suspected Mercedes Teen Carjacker Shot, Killed By Nassau County PD After Chase A suspected carjacker was shot and killed by a Nassau County Police officer after a chase that ended in Queens. The incident took place around 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25, when Nassau County officers were pursuing an alleged carjacker that ended with the driver crashing into a beauty salon on 217th Street in Cambria Heights, Queens, according to sources. The suspect was then shot and killed by the officer. Nassau County Police confirmed the shooting involving the…
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Officer From Hudson Valley Recovering After Ambush Shooting In Bronx
One of two NYPD police officers shot in an assassination attempt by a lone gunman left the hospital to applause from his fellow officers as he returned to his Hudson Valley home to recover. Orange County resident Paul Stroffolino, 31, of Warwick, was shot during an ambush by a lone shooter while sitting in a patrol van around 8:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8, NYPD officials said. His partner rushed him to the hospital where he was treated for the none life-threatening injuries after being shot in the chin and neck. When released on Sunday, Feb. 9, NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said he th…
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Officer From Hudson Valley Shot In Chest During Fatal Incident Involving Armed, Naked Man
An NYPD officer from the Hudson Valley was shot during a call involved an armed, naked man. The incident took place around 1:50 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, when eight police officers responded to a 911 call by a resident in Harlem, saying a male neighbor was harassing her, banging on doors and breaking glass, said NYPD Police Commissioner James O'Neill. The officers went to the second floor of the building to investigate the complaint and to locate the man, O'Neill said. As the officers fanned out to search the second-floor hallway, one officer, identified as Christopher Wintermute, 34, of …
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Man With Samurai Sword Shot, Killed By Police At Long Island Home
A man wielding a samurai sword was shot and killed by officers during a domestic incident on Long Island, police say. It happened just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17 in Oceanside. According to detectives, officers responded to a 911 call for a domestic incident on Columbus Avenue where a 36-year-old man in possession of various knives had a verbal dispute with his father and sister. Upon police arrival, officers were interviewing the subject’s father when he entered the room holding knives and then a Samurai sword, police said. Officers gave numerous com…
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Officer Injured While Shooting Lunging Dog At Wantagh Home
A Nassau County police officer was injured after shooting a dog that lunged at him while on a call at a home in Wantagh, said police. Police responded to a residence on Cherrywood Drive Saturday, Aug. 24 at 9:27 p.m. for a radio assignment of a suspicious person, according to Nassau County Police. The officer police identified by his last name, Daddino, arrived first on the scene and was speaking to the complainant who then reportedly lost control of her dog, said police. The pitbull "then charged in an attacking manner toward the officer. In fear of his safety the officer in the proc…
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Suspect Dead, Two Police Officers Shot In Raid At Westchester Motel
Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Suspect Shot, Killed During Drug Raid At Westchester Motel A suspect is dead and two officers were shot during an overnight police-involved shooting at a motel in Westchester. The incident unfolded around 10:30 p.m. Monday, June 3 during an FBI raid at the Ardsley Acres Motel on Saw Mill River Road in Ardsley conducted with numerous other departments. As officers made contact with the unidentified 42-year-old suspect, the suspect fired upon the officers, Ardsley Police said. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The t…
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Officer From Suffolk County Shot During Chase With Armed Suspect
An NYPD officer from Suffolk County was shot while chasing an armed suspect and exchanging gunfire that left the suspect dead. Officer Justin Vartanian, 34, of the 34th Precinct, was struck in the right armpit around 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 18, while responding on foot to reports of gunfire by an armed man firing shots in the air, said NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said in a news conference with Mayor Bill de Blasio. A plainclothes officer, Vartanian, was responding to a call of a man firing a gun at the lot at Broadway and 187th Street in Washington Heights, according to O'Neill. Aft…
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