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Police Sergeant Fatally Shot in the Bronx; Another Is Injured Police Sergeant Fatally Shot in the Bronx; Another Is Injured
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A New York City police sergeant was killed and another was wounded in a shooting on Friday in the Bronx, according to police investigators. A New York City police sergeant was killed and another was wounded on Friday during a confrontation with a man in the Bronx.
The sergeant who died was shot in the head, according to two people briefed on the situation. The other sergeant was shot in the leg and was being treated at Jacobi Medical Center. The slain sergeant was identified as Paul Tuozzolo, a 19-year veteran of the force and father of two. Sergeant Tuozzolo died after being shot in the head, according to officials who had been briefed on the investigation. The other sergeant, identified as Emmanuel Kwo, was shot in the leg and was in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center.
The emergency call initially came in as a robbery in progress at a fifth-floor apartment on Beach Avenue, around 2:45 p.m., according to a law enforcement official. It was the first line-of-duty killing of a police officer in New York City since October 2015, when Randolph Holder was shot in the head in while responding to a report of gunshots in East Harlem.
The suspect fled the house in a car before being tracked down by the police a few blocks away. One of the sergeants approached the car and was shot in the face, the official said. At a news conference early Friday evening at the hospital, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that “the city is in mourning and the family of the N.Y.P.D. is in mourning.”
The second sergeant began exchanging gunfire with the suspect. More than 20 shots were fired, according to the official. Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, who was sworn in as the department’s leader in September, said, “There’s nothing worse than a day like today.”
The suspect was shot and killed, the official said. A report of a break-in at a fifth-floor apartment on Beach Avenue came in around 2:45 p.m., officials said.
The authorities cautioned that accounts of the shooting were preliminary. The police said Manuel Rosales, 35, was armed with a gun and had forced his way into the Bronx apartment of his estranged wife, with whom he has a 3-year-old child. Another woman in the apartment called 911, the police said.
Scores of police officers swarmed the scene, many in tactical gear. A police helicopter flew overhead. The two sergeants found Mr. Rosales a few blocks away about seven minutes later. Mr. Tuozzolo approached the car and was shot in the face, a law enforcement official said.
The second sergeant and a third officer, a rookie, began exchanging gunfire with Mr. Rosales. More than 20 shots were fired, and Mr. Rosales was shot and killed, the official said.
Dionice Perez, who lives on Noble Avenue nearby, said she had been startled by the volleys of gunfire.Dionice Perez, who lives on Noble Avenue nearby, said she had been startled by the volleys of gunfire.
“I heard the shots,” she said. “It was just pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.”“I heard the shots,” she said. “It was just pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.”
The last police officer killed in the line of duty in New York was Randolph Holder, who was shot in the head in October 2015 while responding to a call about gunshots in East Harlem. Pedro Hernandez, 60, the superintendent of Ms. Perez’s building, said that from the roof he could see the body of the suspect in the middle of street. “They covered the body with a white sheet,” he said.
The news came just days after two officers were killed in adjacent cities in Iowa. Scores of police officers swarmed the scene near the Parkchester neighborhood, many in tactical gear, as a police helicopter circled overhead. Investigators in white protective suits milled around a damaged sport utility vehicle on the side of the road, one of its windows shattered.
The shooting came at a highly charged time, just days after two officers were killed in adjacent cities in Iowa, and in the final moments of a presidential race that has, at times, served as a debate on policing issues.
“My deepest sympathies are with the families of the officers involved in today’s tragedy in the Bronx, and with Commissioner O’Neill and the N.Y.P.D. as they cope with the loss of one of their own,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement.