NYPD Dispatch: "Friendly Fire" Killed Detective Brian P. Simonsen 102nd Precinct 02/12/19
Channel: FREE CHURCH PRESS
Date: 2019-08-20

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INCIDENT DETAILS – “Friendly Fire”
Cause -Gunfire (Inadvertent)  Weapon- Officer's handgun
Shot and killed while responding to a robbery at a T-Mobile cell phone store at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and 120th Street in the Richmond Hill section of the city. Detective Simonsen and his sergeant were canvassing on an unrelated case when they heard a call for a robbery in progress. They responded to the store where they encountered a subject and attempted to apprehend him. As patrol officers responded to the scene both detectives, who were in plainclothes, were struck by friendly fire as the suspect pointed what was later determined to be a fake gun at responding officers.  

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How the tragic friendly fire death of NYPD detective Brian Simonsen unfolded
By Larry Celona, Tina Moore and Aaron Feis February 13, 2019
https://nypost.com/2019/02/13/how-the-tragic-friendly-fire-death-of-nypd-detective-brian-simonsen-unfolded/
"...When the smoke cleared, suspect Christopher Ransom survived eight gunshots — while veteran Detective Brian Simonsen was killed by a single slug to the chest.

"Another cop, Sgt. Matthew Gorman, was hit in the leg by another officer’s gunfire."

"...Ransom, who remained hospitalized Wednesday, was hit with a slew of charges, including murder, assault, robbery and ­aggravated manslaughter."

"...Gorman, 31, and two fellow officers were the first to push into the mobile store, which they found abandoned — until Ransom sprang from the back room, pointing the fake gun at them and pulling the trigger, authorities said.

"...Assuming Ransom’s firearm to be real and simply jammed, the trio took no chances and retreated to the street, where they took up tactical positions along with Simonsen and four other cops, according to police."

"...Seven officers opened fire, squeezing off a total of 42 rounds.
Gorman fired 11 times. Simonsen shot twice."

"...Though the recording is apparently partially redacted, Simonsen’s voice is never heard above the din of gunfire and frantic calls of “Shots fired!”

“It was only about a minute in all, from when everyone arrived to when shots are fired,” said Chief Kevin Maloney, head of the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division, which is probing the wild incident."

"...Meanwhile, cops are working to sort out whether proper protocol was followed, and who shot whom in the pandemonium, a process involving painstaking reviews of both street surveillance videos and footage from the bodycams of up to six officers."

"...Monahan made no bones about the fact that even though the bullets that killed ­Simonsen and maimed Gorman were NYPD-issued, the responsibility lay at the feet of the career criminal who started the fatal sequence of events."

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Comment from "quee too":
quee too-
6 months ago
"Some how Magically. The Two Store Employees  are not  Mentioned in any news articles or video from News Channels  in NYC.   Where they hit by any   Bullets. Or. Any info on the T-mobile  Employees. Why shot 40 plus shots to take down a Suspect. Maybe Remove  the College Requirements  part and teach NYPD cops how to use a gun."

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