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2 Cops Shot In Wild Qns. Subway Melee[NY][Previously Deported Illegal Alien]
NY Post ^ | 22 Oct 2008 | MURRAY WEISS and LARRY CELONA

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalalien; immigrantlist; newyork; queens; subway
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1 posted on 10/22/2008 12:16:42 PM PDT by BGHater
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To: thefactor

I believe you mentioned this earlier in the day.


2 posted on 10/22/2008 12:18:52 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: BGHater

Probably came back to vote for Obama.


3 posted on 10/22/2008 12:19:09 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: BGHater

And people wonder why I refuse to ride the subway. Prayers to the cops shot.


4 posted on 10/22/2008 12:19:15 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (Michelle Obama...Queen of the Damned (courtesy of CougarGA7)
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To: BGHater

The Obama campaign called & asked if it would be possible to have Mr Nunoz patched up and released from the hospital by 11/4?


5 posted on 10/22/2008 12:20:20 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


6 posted on 10/22/2008 12:20:51 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: BGHater
Lt. Gary R. Abrahall, who shot the suspect.

Nice shooting, he looks like Captain America.

7 posted on 10/22/2008 12:21:22 PM PDT by BGHater (The GOP, the new DNC.)
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To: skeeter
We know that Obama isn't the only guy pimping illegals.
8 posted on 10/22/2008 12:22:58 PM PDT by BGHater (The GOP, the new DNC.)
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To: BGHater

Lousy Shooting...the POS Perp is still breathing.


9 posted on 10/22/2008 12:23:47 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (I will not vote for Obama not because he is black, but because he is RED)
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To: BGHater
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.

So everyone was shot using cop bullets. I think they may want to look into changing their brand.

10 posted on 10/22/2008 12:23:53 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Barack Hussein Obama will get rid of your guns to keep gang members safe)
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To: Ouderkirk
Your right. Disturbing that the perp “shot two cops with one of their own guns after he knocked them to the station-platform floor, authorities said.”

One guy takes out two cops and steals a gun? Troubling.

11 posted on 10/22/2008 12:27:37 PM PDT by BGHater (The GOP, the new DNC.)
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To: BGHater

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...


12 posted on 10/22/2008 12:29:28 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: BGHater
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

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.

13 posted on 10/22/2008 12:34:43 PM PDT by dragnet2 (We witnessed the biggest expansion of government in American history)
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To: Ouderkirk

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.


14 posted on 10/22/2008 12:37:15 PM PDT by Peter Horry (Mount Up Everybody and Ride to the Sound of the Guns .. Pat Buchanan)
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To: Ouderkirk
Lousy shooting...the POS Perp is still breathing.

Exactly...he fires four shots into this would-be cop killer and the guy is still alive?

15 posted on 10/22/2008 12:39:09 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: BGHater
That subway stop is pretty nasty.

The station is named Queensbridge - it is right next to the (in)famous Queensbridge projects.

One of the worst spots in NYC still.

16 posted on 10/22/2008 12:41:22 PM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who like to be called Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: NoGrayZone

Hard to believe there was a time parents would allow their children to ride the subway alone and know they’d be safe.


17 posted on 10/22/2008 12:41:54 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: BGHater
One guy takes out two cops and steals a gun? Troubling.

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.

18 posted on 10/22/2008 12:43:02 PM PDT by ETL (Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
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To: BGHater
Yeah I know. But where one candidate is receiving 80-90% of the ethnic solidarity vote I'll still support the other guy in hopes that maybe he's learned his lesson.

A slim reed, but its at least something.

19 posted on 10/22/2008 12:45:28 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: EDINVA

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.


20 posted on 10/22/2008 12:47:53 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (Michelle Obama...Queen of the Damned (courtesy of CougarGA7)
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