EMT was ready to move mentally ill Bronx woman when cop shot her
Deborah Danner
City EMT Patrick Moore said he was prepared to move emotionally disturbed  Deborah Danner  safely out of  her  Bronx apartment â and then the shooting started.
An angry  Danner   66  had stopped screaming as Moore went to grab a chair used to move patients. A half-dozen police officers simultaneously entered  her  bedroom on Oct. 18  2016  the first responder testified Friday.
âI assumed they were going to restrain  her  â said Moore under questioning from Bronx prosecutor Newton Mendys in the murder trial of NYPD Sgt. Hugh Barry.
Instead  Moore recounted  he heard cops shouting at the heavy-set older woman to âput it down  get downâ â apparently a reference to a baseball bat that  Danner  was holding.
 Deborah Danner  asked to be left alone before fatal NYPD shooting
 Deborah Danner  (Facebook)
Moore recounted that the EMTs could hear  Danner  screaming when they reached the seventh floor of the building. When they reached  her  apartment   Danner  was holding a pair of scissors in  her  hands.
Front page of New York Daily News for June 1 shows Barry charged with  Danner 's murder. (New York Daily News)
Within a short time   Danner  was conducting a âfairly normal conversation with Brittney â Moore testified  adding that he kept his distance from the patient to avoid upsetting  her  âin any way.â
Barryâs lawyer has argued the sergeant was forced to make a split-second life or death decision when  Danner  grabbed the baseball bat.
â Mrs. Danner  was the aggressor and  she  was about to kill my client â said defense attorney Andrew Quinn.
City EMT Patrick Moore said he was prepared to move emotionally disturbed   [TGT]   safely out of   [TGT]   Bronx apartment â and then the shooting started.
An angry  Danner   66  had stopped screaming as Moore went to grab a chair used to move patients. A half-dozen police officers simultaneously entered  her  bedroom on Oct. 18  2016  the first responder testified Friday.
âI assumed they were going to restrain  her  â said Moore under questioning from Bronx prosecutor Newton Mendys in the murder trial of NYPD Sgt. Hugh Barry.
Instead  Moore recounted  he heard cops shouting at the heavy-set older woman to âput it down  get downâ â apparently a reference to a baseball bat that  Danner  was holding.
 Deborah Danner  asked to be left alone before fatal NYPD shooting
 Deborah Danner  (Facebook)
Moore recounted that the EMTs could hear  Danner  screaming when they reached the seventh floor of the building. When they reached  her  apartment   Danner  was holding a pair of scissors in  her  hands.
Front page of New York Daily News for June 1 shows Barry charged with  Danner 's murder. (New York Daily News)
Within a short time   Danner  was conducting a âfairly normal conversation with Brittney â Moore testified  adding that he kept his distance from the patient to avoid upsetting  her  âin any way.â
Barryâs lawyer has argued the sergeant was forced to make a split-second life or death decision when  Danner  grabbed the baseball bat.
â Mrs. Danner  was the aggressor and  she  was about to kill my client â said defense attorney Andrew Quinn.