2 New York police officers shot to death

[Melech 9,900]

Two uniformed NYPD officers were shot dead Saturday afternoon as they sat in their marked police car on a Brooklyn street corner  in what investigators believe was a crazed gunman’s execution-style mission to avenge Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

“It’s an execution,†one law enforcement source said of the 3 p.m. shooting of the two officers, whose names were being withheld pending family notification of their deaths.

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The tragic heroes were working overtime as part of an anti-terrorism drill when they were shot point-blank in their heads by the lone gunman, who approached them on foot from the sidewalk at the corner of Myrtle and Tompkins avenues in Bed-Stuy.

“I’m Putting Wings on Pigs Today,†a person believed to be the gunman wrote on Instagram in a message posted just three hours before the officers were shot through their front passenger window.

The post included an image of silver automatic handgun with a wooden handle. Another post showed camouflage pants and blue sneakers which matched the clothing the dead gunman was wearing as his body was carried from the scene on a stretcher.

“They Take 1 Of Ours … Let’s Take 2 of Theirs,†the post continued, signing off with, “This May Be My Final Post.â€

The gunman was a fugitive who had just murdered his girlfriend in Baltimore Saturday morning, sources told The Post.

Minutes after shooting the two officers, he, too, was dead.

He fled to a nearby subway station, the G-train station at Myrtle and Willoughby avenues, where, as pursuing cops closed in, he shot himself on a crowded platform, sources told The Post.

“They engaged the guy and he did himself,†one investigator said of the gunman’s demise.

Both shooting scenes  above and below ground  were scenes of blood and terror.

“I heard shooting,  four or five shots,†ear-witness Derrick McKie, 49, told The Post of the cops’ tragic murder. “It sounded like from a single gun,†he said. Ambulances and police cars rushed to the scene, he said.

“I seen them putting the cop in the ambulance. He looked messed up,†McKie, a barber, added. “He took a high caliber weapon to the face. He was lifeless…I couldn’t see where the holes was that, all I could see was blood. His body was lifeless.â€

Modal Trigg Carmen Jimenez, 32, a social worker from Bedford-Stuyvesant, was on the subway platform when the gunman ran inside, pursued by officers.

“Everything happened so quick,†said Jimenez, who is eight months pregnant. “We were standing waiting for the G train. We heard arguing from the other end of the platform.

It looked like two cops came in there was lots of yelling and they said, ‘Everybody get down.’

“We tried to get out of there, and there was a lot of shouting, people were screaming, people were trying to run.

“I threw myself on the floor. I was afraid for my life and afraid for my baby.â€

 

Source New York Post 

 

What a mess. It was clearly murder.

[Kayla 7,595]

That's so sad. :( Do they know anything about the motive or mental health of the shooter?

[Redstreak 6,653]

Terrible America is such a volatile environment right now

That's so sad. :( Do they know anything about the motive or mental health of the shooter?

I don't think so yet. The killer committed suicide after killing the cops so it will be awhile before we know anything else :/

[Melech 9,900]

That's so sad. :( Do they know anything about the motive or mental health of the shooter?

Updated OP! 

[Zilla 13,451]

There's an Instagram photo circulating that the gunman had a clear motive to kill cops, but that's not confirmed.

NY news is being quite mum about details rn. They did say the 2 cops were eating lunch in their cop car and the man killed them execution style and they're showing the EMT people wheeling the suspect out and he was African American

[Redstreak 6,653]

Apparently the two cops were WOC

[Kayla 7,595]

This guy clearly didn't realize that doing this only adds fuel to the fires of the people he was frustrated by. He's one more thing people can point their fingers at when they're trying to justify what's wrong with our system. 

[Goosey 3,017]

I seen lots of posts on social media suggesting people do exactly this I hope they catch this murderer or kill him pronto!

[Goosey 3,017]

People on this forum are praising him  http://www.thecoli.com/threads/2-nypd-cops-shot-in-brooklyn-today.277420/page-2

 

A man suspected to be the gunman posted these photos to Instagram:

 

"Never Had A Hot Gun On Your Waist And Blood On Your Shoe....... nikka You Ain't Been Through What I Been Through You Not Like Me And I'm Not Like You. #BrooklynGoHard#ConeyIsland"

[MahoganySnitch 67]

This guy clearly didn't realize that doing this only adds fuel to the fires of the people he was frustrated by. He's one more thing people can point their fingers at when they're trying to justify what's wrong with our system. 

This. I'm all for exposure of systematic abuse and calls for justice, but when people like the gunman say this:

 

 

They Take 1 Of Ours … Let’s Take 2 of Theirs

 

...I'm just at a loss for words. 

[Cody Draco 2,531]

This guy clearly didn't realize that doing this only adds fuel to the fires of the people he was frustrated by. He's one more thing people can point their fingers at when they're trying to justify what's wrong with our system. 

[Zilla 13,451]

Looks like he killed his ex gf in Baltimore then came up here.... I'm more disturbed that people would rather "like" that Instagram pic instead of reporting it

[Ambrosia 3,775]

Readily available guns in a country that is already volatile coupled with people who feel they have nothing to lose but yet take from others is a recipe for tragedy.   Some people are already on the edge of their mental capacities with little to no resources, although in honesty, some of these people decline help.  However, this world has given them many reasons to be even more unstable lately.  It's taking a toll on all of us.  I'm not trying to make excuses; just trying to find reasons.  :(

[Miker 5,683]

This is pure insanity when someone feels they can commit murder for their own selfish reasons and feel justified. I wonder what would run through their mind if someone held a gun to their head with intent to snuff out their worthless existence. I feel this is almost as bad as terrorism.

[Disregard 50]

But aren't we supposed to believe that having guns protects us from this sort of violence "BECAUSE SELF-DEFENSE!!!!1!!"? Oop. Guess that doesn't work when it's a random act of violence against someone who wasn't expecting it.