Tyrone howard,omaey say hes been arrested about 18 times mostly for drug offenses but certainly never for anything like this. We went into an Apartment Building facing the fdr for a closer look at the activity on the foot bridge where officer randolph holders life was cut short in a wild shootout. Im watching tv, and next thing i was in a tv movie. Reporter the chaotic scene started around 8 30 tuesday knit when holder and fellow officers from the anticrime and Housing Division responded to a call of shots fired steaming from a gang fight at 102nd and 1st avenue. After witnesses reported seeing four men flee that scene and run to the fdr heading northbound a report of a man who says his bike was stolen at gunpoint at 106th street came in. There was an exchange of gunfire between the male suspect and the two officers. During this exchange, officer holder was struck in the head. Are so many, it cant be gunshots gunshots. It turned out it was. All hell broke loose. It was pretty crazy. Re
Sprinkle toward the evening hours. Look at that high, 76 degrees. Emily west is here in for lauren this morning good morning. Go mets we have road work on the gowanus. Youll find that between ft. Hamilton parkway and 92nd strees. New jersey, road work here on 17 th ways between century road and midland avenue. A couple planes blocked until about 6 00. More weath and traffic coming up on the 4s. This morning, the mets are National League champs. And strike three called. They havent been to the world series since 2000, and the mets are on their way back. They sure are. With that, the mets headed to the world series. The celebration went from the field to the locker room, where th champagne was flowing. Everyone got in on the action. Just one more step. Thats the world series. How focused are ou on that . Pd w. Tonight. I think skipper said were off tomorrow so were going to enjoy tomorrow. Just believing in ourselves and having the city believe in. Im at a loss for words right now. Wow.
That is where lisa evers is with the latest on that investigation. Reporter that is right, there is a Huge Police Presence with a cop the cop killer is expected to be arraigned on firstdegree murder along with the grief and shock over the murder of officer holder. Reporter he said nothing after he was taken out of the precinct. Governor new misapprehension attempts. Reporter tuesday night he allegedly stole a bike in east harlem to make a getaway from a wild shootout. Police officer randolph holder and his partner tried to stop them. He pulled out his weapon and he fires one time, striking the officer in the front of the head. Reporter his partner shot him in the leg and he was captured near by. The Police Officers lined east 119th street to see howard being taken away. But nothing can be appropriate to take away the pain. He devoted his life to protecting others. I want to thank the public at this time for the significant outpouring and the condolences that we have been receiving. Rep
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