Tyree garland shot a firefighter this morning. They knew the manthey wanted could be armed. 38yearold tyree garland, a convicted felon with 18 prior arrests was wanted for a federal probation violation. It seems garland knew the marshals were coming to he set a fire as a diversion. There was smoke billowing from inside the apartment. They immediately retracted, stepped back and called fdny. Fdny responded. Reporter as firefighters approached, garr labeled opened fire with a possible ak47. James hayes was shot twice. Once through the right calf. The lieutenant is in stable condition in the hospital. Reporter as police set up a perimeter around the house, garland opened fire again. During the course of this investigation, he fired a total of four times at police. The fireman. Reporter garland barricaded himself inside the house and for a while stopped communicating with police but he was talking on facebook, posting today i die. And when a friend asked what was going on, he replied, they
Today i die opened in reply to a friend, they kicked in a door and it popped off. This is not the way we want these kinds of negotiations to end. Reporter early friday morning around 5 45 u. S. Marshals attempted to serve tyree a warrant for a probation violation. When they gained entry, they were confronted with a heavy smoke condition fdny firefighters were met with gunfire, police say four shots. Guy is shooting. Reporter two bullets strike 53yearold lieutenant james hayes of engine 158 in the leg. He is being treated for nonlife threatening injuries. This could have been a tragic day for the new York City Fire department but thankfully lufthansa hayes is lieutenant hayes is recovering with his family. Reporter tyree barricaded himself in the basement armed with an assault rifle. Hostage negotiations began a dialogue. A family friend tried to speak to tyree. I text him. If i could get in and talk to him, he would listen to me. Reporter they brought in his mother. Shortly after he le
Had a long rap sheet. This is the ak47 he used to open fire on officers before they shot and killed him. He was armed with a smoke grenade and 100 rounds of ammunition. Police tried everything to get him to surrender. They even flew in his mother from delaware. Instead he chose to fight to the end. N. J. Burkett will have the latest on the firefighters condition. But first, lets get with tim fleischer. Reporter we can show you a much better vantage point, the nypd has allowed us to move a little closer. I will show you, we can move into it and we are right up next to the crime scene. See that house with the green roof . Down in the basement apartment, that is where this suspect was holed up for nearly six hours in this standoff. That large vehicle in front of it, that is known as the bear. That is a heavily Armored Vehicle used by the esu unit. That is what the men worked out of while they worked on this stand off and what they used to protect them when the gunfire began. This standoff
Opened fire and wounded james hayes of Engine Company 158. Firefighter is down. No further information. Reporter heavily armed officers converged on the neighborhood and the negotiating team spent hours trying to convince garland tyree to surrender. Mother from delaware. They exchanged that they loved each other. And at that point, he said he was going to surrender. Reporter officers determine he was wearing body armor. They recovered handguns with 100 rounds of ammunition. Garland tyree was a former gang member with 18 arrests in the last 20 years. Violation. Of mental illness. They are also investigating the handguns they recovered to figure out where they came from. As for the lieutenant, he was struck in the ankle and the hip. He could be released as early as tomorrow. N. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you n. J. A spokesperson confirms mayor de blasio went to the gym in park slope 80 minutes before he visited the wounded firefighter. The mayor spoke to the fire commis
Channel 7 eye witness news. So, you look out the window and you see this. A camera with a drone staring right back at you. People in one neighborhood say its happened to them and they want it to stop. Good evening im rob powers. Bill ritter is off tonight. Im sade baderinwa. Those people concern and had more than creeped out. Carolina leid in Brooklyn Heights. Reporter rob and sade, the construction worker who was allegedly operating that drone has since been found. He was issued a ticket by police and they confiscate it had drone. Still, there are so many people here asking what was it doing here in the first place . It had a camera on a swivel. We have no idea what it was filming or why it was there. Reporter witnesses say it was an invasion of privacy. It was spotted hovering near court street in Brooklyn Heights thursday. We were in just our office, its a Corner Office bordered by two sets of windows and our boss was like oh my gosh theres a drone outside our window. We all gathere