The NYPD says the suspect in the shooting of an off-duty officer has at least three prior arrests, including one in 2014 for strangulation. Christinafantv reports.
AnPolice say it happened while he was off duty.Sources say the officer is 26 years old and has been on the job for five years. Prayers were pouring in from Deer Park on Long Island, where he lives, to the hospital, where faith leaders of all backgrounds gathered.
Police say the officer went with his brother-in-law to Ruby Street in East New York to buy a car he arranged to pick up through Facebook Marketplace. Police sources say he was off duty, in plain clothes, and the suspect shot him in the head during an attempted robbery.
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