Friends said that Blackwell "was getting his life together and was going to enroll in community college..." /S
Posted on 05/04/2015 10:29:00 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
An NYPD police officer died Monday, two days after being shot in the head while sitting in an unmarked car in Queens, CBS News has confirmed.
Officer Brian Moore, 25, had been in a medically-induced coma after undergoing surgery for what court papers described as "severe injuries to his skull and brain." District Attorney Richard Brown told The Associated Press on Sunday that Moore was "fighting for his life."
He was removed from life support at 11:15 a.m. Monday.
The suspect, 35-year-old Demetrius Blackwell, was ordered held without bail Sunday after appearing in Queens Criminal Court. He did not enter a plea to charges of attempted murder.
Prosecutors planned to present the case to a grand jury before Blackwell's next court appearance on Friday.
Blackwell's court-appointed lawyer, David Bart, said his client denied the charges, which also include assault and weapons offenses.
Police on Monday continued to search for the weapon.
"This was nothing more and nothing less than a cold-blooded attempt at an assassination of New York's finest," Assistant District Attorney Peter McCormack said.
McCormack said Moore and patrol partner Erik Jansen - both in plainclothes in an unmarked police car - approached Blackwell on a Queens street after seeing him tugging at his waistband around 6:15 p.m. Saturday and asked him "What are you carrying?"
The officers ordered Blackwell to stop and exchanged words with him. That's when Blackwell turned, the prosecutor said, and "in a vicious manner started to fire" - at least two shots.
Jansen was not hit and radioed for help.
CBS New York reports that Blackwell, known on the street as "Hellraiser," has nine previous arrests on his record, including charges of attempted murder, robbery, weapons possession and assault on two officers, authorities said. In 2013 he was arrested on attempted grand larceny charges. That same year, he was also charged for assault on a police officer.
A woman -- who would not give her name -- told CBS New York she lives at the house where Blackwell was arrested. Immediately after the shooting, she said Blackwell was talking to her on her front yard, acting normal, as if nothing had happened. She said she didn't know he'd allegedly shot a cop.
"He was standing outside for an hour and a half before they realized it was him," she said.
Thanks Jarrett!! I’m sick of my ny cops getting assassinated. Where will the protest be?
In Baltimore? Cleveland? Seattle? LA?
MFs...what would happen if we trashed the neighborhood the killer came from?
Just damn. RIP sir.
Demetrius was turning his life around. Or maybe was so distraught about what happened in Baltimore he snapped???
Then again he denies everything. To paraphrase he didn’t do nuthin.......his momma will say he was a good biy and turning his life around......
Re: “CBS New York reports that Blackwell, known on the street as “Hellraiser,” has nine previous arrests on his record, including charges of attempted murder, robbery, weapons possession and assault on two officers, authorities said. In 2013 he was arrested on attempted grand larceny charges. That same year, he was also charged for assault on a police officer.”
Another “gentle giant” I presume? The NYPD is obviously at fault here for suspecting Mr Blackwell was carrying. Profiling at it’s worst! (sarc.)
May he rest in peace.
And people say we have too many people in our prisons. I would suggest we obviously don’t have enough.
Here’s one society would have been safer from: if he had been in prison.
Damn. Yesterday it sounded like he might make it.
Sad to see an officer 25 gunned down like this.
I’ll bet he did a lot more for society than the Black man that killed him did.
Rest in peace officer. Sorry your life was stolen from you.
Aspiring rapper....just getting his life turned around...looking forward to marrying his baby-mamma....never would hurt anybody....cares about people....yadayadayada......
So is it time for the Whites to go out to loot, burn and be given space to destroy?
Chalk up another one for a THUG!!!
RIP Officer Moore.
What a waste, and as is usual, this THUG should have not been on the streets. I’m sure there will be an ensuing protest and riot. Oh, wait...
Friends said that Blackwell "was getting his life together and was going to enroll in community college..." /S
Will the “justice” department get involved in this? Will they use their resources to put the guilty party in jail?
Wanna bet the murderer gets the benefit of a fair trial and free legal counsel?
Wanna bet the baltimore 6 won’t?
where are the riots of outrage ??
Demetrius D.N. Blackwell
D.N. = Dindu Nuffin
Seeing as he’s a career criminal that the courts have failed to properly punish, I wonder how long before he’s out on parole, or probation, or has his charges dropped/reduced.
LOL! Good one.
Rest in peace, officer.
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