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Man grabs gun from dying 24-year-old son’s hands after shootout with off-duty NYPD officers and opens fire
Daily News ^ | 8-29-21

Posted on 08/29/2021 3:53:36 PM PDT by nuconvert

As a man lay dying on a Bronx street from a shootout with police, his father snatched the gun from the son’s hands — and used it to continue the gun battle with officers, authorities said.

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Valentine Avenue near 180th Street in the West Bronx just after 4 a.m.,

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The father and son had been in an argument with a group of people on the corner when it turned physical and the son pulled out the gun, cops said.

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The dad has around 60 prior arrests on his record...

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; akadeblasio; banglist; bronx; crime; dabronx; newyork; newyorkcity; nra; ny; nypd; police; secondamendment
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"“I wouldn’t say he was a bad (man) but he got into a lot of trouble,” a friend of the father said."
1 posted on 08/29/2021 3:53:36 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Dad had 60 priors…but he was turning his life around. Maybe too old to be an aspiring rapper, though. I’ll go with dad was enrolled in aeronautical engineering starting this fall.


2 posted on 08/29/2021 3:55:47 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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To: nuconvert

When do the riots start for this “gentle giant” who was “tryn’ turn his life ‘round”?


3 posted on 08/29/2021 3:58:35 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: nuconvert

Mans got more guts than biden


4 posted on 08/29/2021 4:00:13 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Apple . Tree.


5 posted on 08/29/2021 4:00:34 PM PDT by Kozak (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TV)
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To: nuconvert

Man, am I ever glad that I got out of that Hell-hole.


6 posted on 08/29/2021 4:01:25 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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To: nuconvert

Like father like son apparently.


7 posted on 08/29/2021 4:02:32 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: nuconvert

Child is father to the man.


8 posted on 08/29/2021 4:07:23 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: nuconvert

Well we can see where the son got his smarts...


9 posted on 08/29/2021 4:08:21 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: nuconvert

Odd that there were no names and no pictures - guess these things happen a lot.


10 posted on 08/29/2021 4:08:25 PM PDT by Chainmail (Frater magnus te spectat)
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To: nuconvert

I don’t even need to ask...


11 posted on 08/29/2021 4:17:40 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: nuconvert

Notice how well libtard gun control works.


12 posted on 08/29/2021 4:21:53 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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I don’t understand - I thought they had strict gun control...


13 posted on 08/29/2021 4:23:00 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: nuconvert
The dad has around 60 prior arrests on his record

Wha t a surprise.

Is dad still alive?

14 posted on 08/29/2021 4:23:08 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: nuconvert

The West Bronx is a tiny bit safer.


15 posted on 08/29/2021 4:34:00 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Wilhelm Tell

Gosh - you’re right! They must have passed all their background checks and obtained all of their mandated training and licenses from their New York democrat bosses, right?


16 posted on 08/29/2021 4:34:08 PM PDT by Chainmail (Frater magnus te spectat)
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To: nuconvert

No pictures. No names. No nuttin.
Does that mean the shooters are black or latino?
Axing 4 a friend.


17 posted on 08/29/2021 4:35:19 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: nuconvert

Sixty prior arrests? Sixty?!


18 posted on 08/29/2021 4:37:58 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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On the positive side, at least this kid knew who his father was

Which is more than many can say


19 posted on 08/29/2021 4:38:39 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: lee martell

You know the score.
The knowin’ is in the not sayin’

If it were you or me, there’d have been photographs, and probably questions about ties to white supremacy, too.


20 posted on 08/29/2021 4:40:10 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Don't be hasty.)
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