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NYPD mourns detective killed by friendly fire
Source: Associated Press
NYPD mourns detective killed by friendly fire
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, STEPHEN R. GROVES and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated PressNEW YORK — 49m ago
The New York Police Department is mourning a detective killed by friendly fire as officers confronted a robbery suspect with a long rap sheet who turned out to be armed with a replica handgun.
Detective Brian Simonsen, 42, was struck in the chest Tuesday night as multiple officers fired on the suspect at a T-Mobile store in Queens, police Commissioner James O'Neill said.
Simonsen, a 19-year NYPD veteran, was put in a squad car and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
"This appears to be an absolutely tragic case of friendly fire," an emotional O'Neill said. "Make no mistake about it, friendly fire aside, it is because of the actions of the suspect that Detective Simonsen is dead."
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK, STEPHEN R. GROVES and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated PressNEW YORK — 49m ago
The New York Police Department is mourning a detective killed by friendly fire as officers confronted a robbery suspect with a long rap sheet who turned out to be armed with a replica handgun.
Detective Brian Simonsen, 42, was struck in the chest Tuesday night as multiple officers fired on the suspect at a T-Mobile store in Queens, police Commissioner James O'Neill said.
Simonsen, a 19-year NYPD veteran, was put in a squad car and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
"This appears to be an absolutely tragic case of friendly fire," an emotional O'Neill said. "Make no mistake about it, friendly fire aside, it is because of the actions of the suspect that Detective Simonsen is dead."
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nypd-mourns-detective-killed-friendly-fire-61045638
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I'd like to read the AAR on this incident because it sounds like this was an easily preventable situation.
