Lt. Gary R. Abrahall, who shot the suspect.
Nice shooting, he looks like Captain America.
Posted on 10/22/2008 12:16:42 PM PDT by BGHater
STRAPHANGERS DIVE FOR COVER IN RUSH-HOUR CHAOS
A fare-beater caught sneaking into a Queens subway last night coldly shot two cops with one of their own guns after he knocked them to the station-platform floor, authorities said.
The gunman then bolted - weapon still blazing at the wounded Anti Crime transit cops - and ran into a lieutenant who dodged the suspect's bullets and pumped four of his own into him.
The heart-pounding, rush-hour shootout at 5:15 p.m. had straphangers ducking for cover at the F-train station at 21st Street/Queensbridge in Long Island City.
The shower of bullets lasted less than a minute, Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Undercover Officer Shane Farina, 38, was critically wounded by a bullet that slammed into his side below his bulletproof vest.
He had surgery at Elmhurst Hospital but later was giving a thumbs up to those around him, a hospital spokesman said. He was in serious but stable condition.
Partner Jason Maass, 28, also wearing a vest, was grazed in the back. He left the hospital last night but not before stopping by to check on his partner.
"Two brave police officers were shot by a suspect they were attempting to apprehend in the course of doing their job keeping us all safe," Mayor Bloomberg said at the hospital, where he, Kelly and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown rushed to comfort the heroes and their families.
"This could have been so much worse. These officers are very lucky," Bloomberg added.
Suspect Raul Nuñez, 32 - who sneaked back into the United State after he was deported to his native Dominican Republic in 2001 for a 1997 drug conviction - was at Bellevue Hospital with gunshot wounds to the legs and torso. He faces attempted-murder charges.
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I believe you mentioned this earlier in the day.
Probably came back to vote for Obama.
And people wonder why I refuse to ride the subway. Prayers to the cops shot.
The Obama campaign called & asked if it would be possible to have Mr Nunoz patched up and released from the hospital by 11/4?
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Lt. Gary R. Abrahall, who shot the suspect.
Nice shooting, he looks like Captain America.
Lousy Shooting...the POS Perp is still breathing.
So everyone was shot using cop bullets. I think they may want to look into changing their brand.
One guy takes out two cops and steals a gun? Troubling.
Straphangers? Is that what we call them now?
What? Oh, you mean it’s the new secret what?
Code word?
Okay, okay, yeah, I got it. But, isn’t that... you know, kinda racist?
Okay, okay, I’ll shush, I’ll shush... trust me, my lips are sealed...
Two more Americans shot by another illegal alien?
The government and this administration who's job it is to secure and protect our borders, must be really proud.
Sounds like four hits, that stopped the perp. Many time survival depends on a fraction of an inch, that is impossible to gage. Many years ago an officer in my home town put three .38 specials in an assailants chest, it had turned into hand to hand combat by that time. The officer and assailant survived. Sometimes people are just very hard to kill.
Exactly...he fires four shots into this would-be cop killer and the guy is still alive?
The station is named Queensbridge - it is right next to the (in)famous Queensbridge projects.
One of the worst spots in NYC still.
Hard to believe there was a time parents would allow their children to ride the subway alone and know they’d be safe.
Because of phonies like Al Sharpton who jump on the police every chance they get, the cops are probably less aggressive in how they handle these situations. They were probably more concerned about the people in the crowd with cellphone cameras than in watching this POS more carefully.
A slim reed, but its at least something.
So true. What about the days of leaving our doors unlocked, or at least open to let in the fresh air? My front door is now ALWAYS locked. If I’m home, I will open a window, but ONLY if I’m spending most of my time in that room.
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