“We just came from a briefing where we watched the body camera of the first responding officers, and I think we would have a very different outcome if not for the professionalism of those FDNY paramedics and for what they did to save our officer’s life,” the city’s top cop said. He went on to say that the lieutenant was lucky to survive. “We do not know - it would be too early to say if it’s all fired by one suspect, but ballistics and video will come together and we’ll get a clearer picture on that.” The off-duty NYPD lieutenant was shot outside of a nightclub during a suspected robbery in Queens on Dec. We believe we have nine shots fired at this point in time - that could change - by the suspects,” he continued. “We believe we have eight shots fired by our officer. Yakubov fought back against the would-be robbers by firing at least eight rounds, Shea said. He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital and pronounced dead at 3:35 a.m., NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a press conference.Ī second suspect, Christian Cruz, 19, initially escaped with injuries but was later taken into custody by police after he walked into Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx seeking treatment, according to police sources.Ī third suspect was still at large on Thursday afternoon. One of the suspects, Ramierik Lopez, 20, was shot in the chest and stomach as the others fled. He was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital in critical but stable condition. The attackers fired at least nine bullets at Yakubov, who was struck in the chest and right leg, police sources said. when three men targeted him, sparking a gunfight on Northern Boulevard and 57th Street, police sources said. Nathan Yakubov, 44, had just left La Boom nightclub in Woodside and was walking to his Jaguar SUV at 3 a.m. West Virginia cop killer arraigned in ambush-style shooting of decorated state trooperĪn armed crew tried to rob an off-duty NYPD lieutenant of his jewelry outside of a Queens nightclub Thursday morning - sparking a shootout that killed one of the suspects and left the officer in critical condition, police said. ‘Trooper of the Year’ indicted over deadly shooting of driver following high-speed chase in Buffalo ‘Soulmates’ ID’ed as couple killed by rogue soldier who opened fire at Washington music festival Horrifying video shows veteran London officer being shot dead by man he was booking into custody
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