The police officer who was shot in the head while sitting in a police vehicle in the Bronx early Wednesday has died according to law enforcement sources. The officer has been identified as 48-year-old Miosotis Familia.
A suspect came up and blasted Familia through the window without warning, sources said.
It was an attempted cop assassination, one law enforcement source told The Post.
The suspect approached at 12:30 a.m. as Familia sat inside a temporary headquarters vehicle at East 183rd Street and Morris Avenue in Fordham Heights, according to sources.
The suspect has been identified as Alexander Bonds, 34. Cops say he was on parole for a 2014 robbery in Syracuse.
Familia a 12-year-veteran who is with the Anti-Crime unit of the 46th Precinct was rushed to St. Barnabus Hospital, where she was undergoing surgery but could not be saved.
This is absolutely an unprovoked attack, said NYPD Commissioner James P. ONeill.
The commissioner said the suspect fired one round, after which the shot officers partner called for backup.
Two other officers confronted Bonds about a block away, and shot him dead, police said.
A bystander wound up being shot in the stomach, and was in stable condition at St. Barnabas. A silver revolver was found near the dead suspect.
Cops rushing to the scene were warned by radio to keep their patrol vehicle windows closed while responding.
At least five evidence cups covered spent rounds coulalong Morris Avenue between 183rd and 184th streets.
Witness Jay Marzelli, 17, at first thought all the gunshot was fireworks.
I was in this bodega right here on Crescent, just getting a sandwich and all of a sudden there was all this running and stuff going on and I look out probably 40,50, 60 cops screaming, Call a paramedic, clear the block!
It looked like there was a riot going on two seconds later I hear gunshots: bam, bam . and then the police officer was just laying there in front of the stationary precinct right here on Crescent and [E 183.]
The first processional for slain #NYPDOfficer Miosotis Familia from St Barnabas Hosp to Bellevue. Mother to 3 young children, 12 yrs on job pic.twitter.com/zVlwmZtGu6
Kirstin Cole (@kirstincoletv) July 5, 2017
I saw an officer laying there in the ground unconscious in another officers arms. Police officers screaming: Get the fing paramedics.
It was crazy just insane. There were police officers everywhere.
The shooting recalled the assassination of two uniformed officers as they sat in their marked police car on a street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in December, 2014.
Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos both posthumously promoted to detective were targeted for their uniforms, officials said at the time.
That shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, had posted anti-police threats on his Instagram hours three hours before opening fire into the two officers vehicle.
Brinsley fled into a nearby subway, and shot himself to death on a platform as cops closed in.
Additional reporting by Joe Marino
#1: Stoner To: cranky (#0)
Glad the perp is dead. I'm sure the parole board members are feeling real bad / sarc
In cases like this, the parole boards should get the same treatment as the perp !
Won't happen, but seriously the parole boards are way too lenient. They need to be held accountable for their screw ups. In fact, get rid of em. No parole.
This is a damn shame !!
Stoner posted on 2017-07-05 08:19:28 Reply Private Reply
#2: Justified To: cranky (#0)
Yep another one those crazy white people!
People wonder why cops are a bit edgy around black people?
Justified posted on 2017-07-05 08:35:50 Reply Private Reply
#3: cranky To: Stoner (#1)
"A bystander wound up being shot in the stomach"
I wonder who fired the shot.
cranky posted on 2017-07-05 09:21:31 Reply Private Reply
#4: Stoner To: cranky (#3)
Good question. They should know fairly quick.
Stoner posted on 2017-07-05 09:35:44 Reply Private Reply
#5: Tooconservative To: cranky (#3)
My first thought.
And why does NYC issue patrol cars to officers and then just park them and let them munch donuts until someone sees them (accurately) as a perfect target of opportunity and sneaks up and shoots them?
The side windows of these police cars should be bulletproof if they're going to park cops on the street as if they have a big bullseye painted on their windows.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-07-05 10:44:13 Reply Private Reply
#6: cranky To: Tooconservative (#5)
You mean they're not?
Unreal.
Well, someday maybe (NYPD to install bulletproof windows in all patrol cars".
cranky posted on 2017-07-05 12:45:24 Reply Private Reply
#7: Tooconservative To: cranky (#6)
They need bulletproof glass in these cars if they're just going to park them on the street for "police presence" and make them such easy targets for any disgruntled Bernie-bro to shoot up at their leisure.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-07-05 14:02:13 Reply Private Reply
#8: Anthem To: cranky (#6)
Treating symptoms. Next will be molotov cocktails under the car, or whatever leapfrogs the last defense. It's like walking a beat in full body armor and a shield, maybe safer but who can relate to a robot costume.
Resident should have a direct say in who is policing their neighborhood. The ancap solution to completely privatize cops, which Will Grigg profiled as far more effective than the status quo, has flaws, but the positive elements of user choice can be adapted to government forces.
Anthem posted on 2017-07-05 14:28:10 Reply Private Reply
#9: Hondo68 To: cranky, Justified, spray and pray, Officer Safety (#3)
Probably Officer Safety, a crazy white guy.
It's no wonder why Joe & Jane Sixpack are a bit edgy around cops.
Hondo68 posted on 2017-07-05 14:39:50 Reply Private Reply
#10: cranky To: Anthem (#8)
Maybe.
But chp cruisers can take out anything short of a mack truck and survive.
I can't remember the fatality rate for chp but i don't think it's excessive.
cranky posted on 2017-07-05 15:59:57 Reply Private Reply
#11: Pinguinite To: Anthem (#8)
In the old days, cops knew who lived in the communities they patrolled, and the communities knew them. That made the cop much better in knowing intruders from residents, and the bad people from the good. The cop was therefore part of the community, instead of today where they are complete strangers.
Pinguinite posted on 2017-07-05 17:03:36 Reply Private Reply
#12: Gatlin To: All (#0)
Did the attack actually occur without any motivation or provocation?
Some can lay blame on the cop-hating rhetoric and easily trace the start of that cop-hating rhetoric
In the meantime, Obamas little minions have picked up the clarion call to continue very loudly and very clearly the cop-hating rhetoric.As the beat of the cop-hating talk goes on, and on, and on, and on
Gatlin posted on 2017-07-05 18:52:55 Reply Private Reply
#13: Justified To: hondo68 (#9)
Justified posted on 2017-07-05 19:17:17 Reply Private Reply
#14: Justified To: hondo68 (#9)
Why? Be respectful and you will be alright. I never have an issue. No the law if you carry and you will be okay. If you do not understand the law or freak out around officers then you will have a problem!
99.99% of cops do a good job.
Justified posted on 2017-07-05 19:19:39 Reply Private Reply