By Joshua Berlinger, Ray Sanchez and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN
updated 11:43 PM EST, Sat December
20, 2014
Officer Rafael Ramos sat in the driver's seat. Officer
Wenjian Liu was at his side.
The two
cops weren't at their usual precinct
-- normally, the pair was assigned to downtown Brooklyn ,
but they were working a "critical response" detail in an area with
higher crime, police said.
That's
where they were slain,
ambush-style -- Saturday afternoon as they sat in their patrol car, New York
Police Commissioner William Bratton said at an evening news conference.
The gunman approached
the passenger side of the patrol car and took a shooting stance, witnesses told
police. He opened fire several times, striking both officers in the head,
Bratton said.
They were
"shot and killed with no warning, no provocation," Bratton told reporters.
"They were quite simply, assassinated."
The gunman
was found dead in a nearby subway station from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The families of the fallen officers rushed to Woodhull Medical Center
Ramos had just turned
40 this month; Liu got married two months ago.
Both dreamed of
being police officers, Bratton said.
"One of the
unfortunate realities of policing is that you put that blue uniform on and you
become part of the thin blue line between us and anarchy," Bratton said.
Mayor Bill de
Blasio and Bratton met with the families of the victims. De Blasio said that
Ramos' 13-year-old son couldn't comprehend what had happened to his father.
"When a
police officer is murdered, it tears at the foundation of our society,"
the mayor said. "It is an attack on the very concept of decency."
Police
identified the shooter as Ismaaiyl Brinsley.
He arrived in New York from Baltimore , but had a residence in Atlanta Brooklyn , but would not
discuss that information.
Bratton said at this time, there was no indication Brinsley was
connected to any terrorist groups or organized entity.
Police were investigating posts Brinsley allegedly made on
social media. Bratton said that the suspect had earlier shot and seriously
wounded a woman believed to be his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore
That
message came almost the same time the ambush happened.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the attack "an
unspeakable act of barbarism."
De Blasio also called the shootings an
"assassination."
"It is an attack on all of us," he said. "It is
an attack on everything we hold dear."
A White House official says President Barack Obama was briefed
on the shooting.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- two cops
WHEN- Saturday afternoon
WHAT- shot and killed
WHY- not given
WHERE- Brooklyn
HOW-not given
Keywords：
1. precinct：管理區
2. slain：被殺
3. provocation：挑釁
4. comrades：同志
I'm sorry for the death of the two cops. They both have a bright future but their lives ended in a " assassination." What was worse, we lost two great police officer forever. How sad he will be when the police officer's son know the truth?
回覆刪除No matter what's the reason of the assassination, the killer should be punished!
I don't understand why there are more and more innocent people killed. The government should take some action to stop things like this happening again. And these criminal should be punished.
回覆刪除The police do their jobs and their duties, but unfortunately, they got killed. It's a sad and pitiful news. I hope that the terrible thing will not happen again.
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