Ismaaiyl brinsley told two witnesses just before the shooting, quote, watch what im going to do. Police say he also posted threats online. Brinsley has a long criminal record. Don champion is at the scene of the shooting in new york. Good morning, don. Reporter good morning, lauren. You can see over my shoulder a memorial continues to grow steps away from where the officers were gunned down. As the nypd works, theyre being told to stay alert and work in pairs. Nypd officers stood alongside members of the public in brooklyn to pay tribute to two officers who were ambushed. The assassination of members of our family, of our community, we all mourn today. Reporter 40yearold rafael ramos and 32yearold wenjian liu were shot and killed as they sat in their cruiser on sunday. Brinsley took his own life. A moment of silence was held at the Madison Square garden before the Carolina Hurricanes game. Liu had been married only two months. Ramos, the father of two, joined the nypd two years ago. I
Writing on his instagram, quote, i am putting wings on pigs today. They take one of ours lets take two of theirs. Put several hashtags shoot the police, rip eric garner rip mike brown. This may be my final post i am putting pigs in a blanket. He stopped for a moment spoke to a couple of people on the street. Chief of detective robert point explains what happened next. He puts it on instagram and says watch what i am going to do. He walked down on torch kins passes the two officers in the car circles back around and comes up behind the officers. He fired four shots in all through the closed passenger side window of the pat control car killing those officers liu and ramos. He then ran into a subway station. Listen to this. This guy is crazy. Thats the chaos inside the subway station there. Police yelling at people who were in there to get down to lay on the floor. They then found brinsly dead from a she have inflicted gun shot wound. Police departments from new york and around the countr
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