Posted on 10/22/2008 1:06:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The humble cop who took down an illegal immigrant who shot two other officers last night in a Queens subway station said today, "I'm not a hero."
Lt. Gary Abrahall put four bullets into Raul Nuñez, who jumped a turnstyle and then coldly shot two cops -- Shane Farina, who was critically wounded, and Jason Maass, who was grazed with a bullet -- with one of their own guns.
"The cops that took the bullets, they're the heroes," Abrahall said today outside his house.
Farina took a bullet in the abdomen and it exited through his sternum.
"[Farina] is doing as well as can be expected," said Dario Centorcelli, of Elmhurst Hospital. He had three hours of surgery and afterwards was communicating with family members, who seemed to be in good spirits.
Officer Maass, who was grazed by a bullet in his back, was discharged from the hospital last night.
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, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
The crackling burst of violence occurred after Nuñez swiped a student MetroCard, setting off an alarm in the token booth on the upper level where Abrahall was stationed, authorities said.
Abrahall radioed Maass and Farina about the fare-beater, and the two cops grabbed Nuñez and got one handcuff on him. He immediately began to struggle, and knocked them to the ground.
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It’s a shame the scumbag survived. Prayers up for the cops.
>The humble cop who took down an illegal immigrant who shot two other officers last night in a Queens subway station said today, “I’m not a hero.”<
He’s got that right. When you are a cop in a sanctuary city, it’s an expected part of the job.
however, if an illegal is the victim of a crime or a witness to a crime, no action is to be taken against that illegal.
basically, if you commit a crime all bets are off. the feds, however, will not waste their time on anything less than a major crime committed by an illegal. i have literally had feds hang up on me saying they were not interested.
it was a 9mm with a powerful bullet. but it’s a hollow point so it rolls around all crazy-like.
ping
I haven’t found an article on it yet, but on radio news this morning from Portland, they are trying to find 10 ‘latino’ gangbangers who have been going around shooting at people standing on the street corners.
Too bad the perp didn’t die. Illegal POS is probably part of ACOrN and voted ten times.
What a shame the illegal alien shooter didn’t die. Now the taxpayers will have to pay for his trial and incarceration
He should be afraid to be here!
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