Two New York City police officer were shot and killed Saturday after they were shot by a gunman as they sat inside a patrol car.
The attack took place in Brooklyn at around 3 p.m., the New York Daily News reported.
“The perp came out of the houses, walked up behind the car and lit them up,” a high-ranking police official told the Daily News.
An NYPD spokesman confirmed to Fox News that two officers were shot in the incident and were immediately moved to a nearby hospital. Police later told The Associated Press that both officers died from their injuries..
The New York Post reported that both officers were shot in the head at point-blank range.
I have no comment to made on this incident. Can we understand it, no, the same as so many other incidents around the country, and the world. Just another reason for a shake of the head ....
