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Nassau County Police Officer Fatally Shot Near Cross Island Parkway
One Person Dead, Suspect Being Sought
October 23, 2012 2:32 PM
Police at the scene of the shooting of a Nassau County police officer on Oct. 23, 2012. (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Nassau County emergency services officer was gunned down in the line of duty Tuesday.
The shooting took place right on the border between Nassau County and Queens near the southbound entrance ramp of the Cross Island Parkway.
Authorities said the officer was trying to stop a car he saw leaving the scene of an accident.
The officer was rushed to North Shore-LIJ Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
A person was also shot and killed near the Cross Island Parkway and the Belmont Park Race Track.
Police are now searching for at least one suspect. Officers are going door to door in the area. The FBI is assisting in the search for the suspect, though the incident is not terrorism related.
Complete details of the shooting haven’t yet been revealed. Officials are expected to hold a briefing about the shooting later this afternoon in Mineola.
“We’re still gathering information,” said New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. “The information that I have now is that two Nassau County police officers were traveling north on the Cross Island Parkway. They get to between Hempstead Avenue and Jamaica Avenue, they see an accident take place. They follow one of the vehicles involved in this accident that left the scene. At a location at 241st Street and Jamaica Avenue, which is in Nassau County, a shooting takes place, the details of which we’re still in the process of gathering. It also appears that it’s a possibility that one of the people – the driver involved in that shooting – goes back to the Cross Island, goes south on the Cross Island and in the vicinity of Hempstead Turnpike and the Cross Island may have shot another individual. We found a body there with one bullet wound to the head. Obviously this investigation is still very active.”
The Cross Island Parkway was shut down in both directions as part of the investigation. Click here to check current traffic conditions.
Several schools in the area placed themselves under “shelter in” status as the hunt for the suspect continued. Students there were not allowed to go outdoors.
Just yesterday, thousands gathered to say a final farewell to Nassau County police officer Joseph Olivieri, who was struck and killed while responding to the scene of an accident on the Long Island Expressway.
One Person Dead, Suspect Being Sought
October 23, 2012 2:32 PM
Police at the scene of the shooting of a Nassau County police officer on Oct. 23, 2012. (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Nassau County emergency services officer was gunned down in the line of duty Tuesday.
The shooting took place right on the border between Nassau County and Queens near the southbound entrance ramp of the Cross Island Parkway.
Authorities said the officer was trying to stop a car he saw leaving the scene of an accident.
The officer was rushed to North Shore-LIJ Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
A person was also shot and killed near the Cross Island Parkway and the Belmont Park Race Track.
Police are now searching for at least one suspect. Officers are going door to door in the area. The FBI is assisting in the search for the suspect, though the incident is not terrorism related.
Complete details of the shooting haven’t yet been revealed. Officials are expected to hold a briefing about the shooting later this afternoon in Mineola.
“We’re still gathering information,” said New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. “The information that I have now is that two Nassau County police officers were traveling north on the Cross Island Parkway. They get to between Hempstead Avenue and Jamaica Avenue, they see an accident take place. They follow one of the vehicles involved in this accident that left the scene. At a location at 241st Street and Jamaica Avenue, which is in Nassau County, a shooting takes place, the details of which we’re still in the process of gathering. It also appears that it’s a possibility that one of the people – the driver involved in that shooting – goes back to the Cross Island, goes south on the Cross Island and in the vicinity of Hempstead Turnpike and the Cross Island may have shot another individual. We found a body there with one bullet wound to the head. Obviously this investigation is still very active.”
The Cross Island Parkway was shut down in both directions as part of the investigation. Click here to check current traffic conditions.
Several schools in the area placed themselves under “shelter in” status as the hunt for the suspect continued. Students there were not allowed to go outdoors.
Just yesterday, thousands gathered to say a final farewell to Nassau County police officer Joseph Olivieri, who was struck and killed while responding to the scene of an accident on the Long Island Expressway.
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