Sgt. John O’Hara, a 42-year veteran who was with the Emergency Service Unit’s Truck-3 at the time of the wild shootout, was given a standing ovation by more than 200 friends, family and members of …
NYPD lowers fitness standard by scrapping timed, 1.5-mile run for new recruits — sparking brass squabbles
Sgt. John O’Hara, a 42-year veteran who was with the Emergency Service Unit’s Truck-3 at the time of the wild shootout, was given a standing ovation by more than 200 friends, family and members of the force during his ceremonial department walkout from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn Friday. O’Hara was part of a squad sent to arrest “Loco Larry” — felon Larry Davis, who later became known as Adam Abdul-Hakeem — in November 1986 when bullets flew at the Bronx apartment of Davis’ sister.. Davis grabbed a pistol and a shotgun and fired at O’Hara and eight other NYPD cops who came to bust him for allegedly rubbing out five drug dealers.
“O’Hara was shot in the face, right arm and hand during the chaotic scene,” said a biography for the veteran cop on the website for“He credits Sgt. Eddie Coulter the ESU supervisor for saving him from further injury, as Coulter in spite of his own injuries grabbed O’Hara’s vest and pulled him from the line of fire.”Paul Martinka
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