"Hey, what if we take the guns away from the cops? That'll bring the police-involved shootings numbers down. Most of those idiot cops are Rudy supporters anyway. Don't taze me Bro. Hehe."
Posted on 09/22/2007 10:18:27 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) NEW YORK -- An officer shot a man who ran after he was spotted carrying a gun, marking the city's second police shooting in two days, police said.
The latest shooting came after plainclothes officers noticed the 19-year-old man and his gun early Saturday in the South Bronx, according to police. After a short chase, one of the officers fired at him.
Witness Veronica Corchado told WCBS-TV she saw two officers run after the man and later heard two shots.
Police said the man was hit once in the leg and was in stable condition at a local hospital. Officers said they collected a .380-caliber gun at the scene.
A police officer was taken to a hospital with a hand injury, but the officer wasn't shot, police said. The officer was in stable condition.
The shooting came nearly 24 hours after officers shot a 45-year-old man in the northern Bronx early Friday. Police said he threatened officers with a kitchen knife during a traffic stop of a stolen car.
That man, also hit in the leg, was hospitalized in stable condition and under arrest on charges including attempted murder and attempted assault.
Police said the victims were in stable condition at a local hospital.
Is that what the kids are calling it now his “Bronx”?
MUCH more range time needed.
(Reaches for anatomy book...)
"Hey, what if we take the guns away from the cops? That'll bring the police-involved shootings numbers down. Most of those idiot cops are Rudy supporters anyway. Don't taze me Bro. Hehe."
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