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Officer Runs as Partner Is Shot

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2005-06-07, 10:53 pm

New York Times
June 7, 2005
In Video, Officer Runs as Partner Is Shot, Police Say
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM

A surveillance video shows that the partner of a police officer
who was shot three times during a car stop last week in Brooklyn
ran away and, for several minutes, failed to help the wounded
officer, a police official said yesterday.

The actions of the partner, Officer Gilberto T. Marrero, are
under investigation by the Police Department's Firearms Discharge
Review Board as part of its routine inquiry into the shooting,
said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity
because the investigation is still under way.

Officer Marrero, a 12-year veteran, could face dismissal if
the board concludes that he did flee while his partner was
under fire and the department brings charges against him
for dereliction of duty, the official said.

The wounded officer, Patrick Caprice, 42, was saved by his
bulletproof vest when the gunman, armed with a .45-caliber
pistol, fired at him five times, striking him three times in
the vest, the police said. A bullet fragment from one of those
rounds slipped beneath the protective fabric and pierced his
small intestine, requiring surgery. A family friend said he
remains hospitalized, but expects to be released on Thursday.

A surveillance camera mounted on the side of a housing
development near the corner of Dumont Avenue and Chester
Street captured much of the shooting and its aftermath.

In the ranks of the department, the charge that a police
officer deserted a partner under fire is among the most serious
accusations that can be leveled. But several officials could
not recall a case in which an officer's questionable behavior
was caught on video.

"As soon as the shots are fired, he's running down the block,"
the official said. "There was an opportunity to take action
and he failed to take it."

Although Officer Marrero fled, the official said, he did
broadcast a signal 10-13 over his radio, the most urgent
police code announcing an officer in need of assistance, and
reported that they had been fired upon. But he failed to help
the wounded officer until a police van with another officer arrived
on the scene several minutes later, the official said.

The department has yet to take any action against Officer
Marrero, who was questioned in a formal hearing about the
incident, the official said. But the officer, who reported
that he was sick after the shooting, was directed not to
return to work, and his guns were taken from him, the official
said. He will remain at home until the investigation is
concluded, the official said.

Officer Marrero, who has had no other disciplinary problems,
did not respond to telephone messages left at his home and
with a family member last night, and a spokesman for the
police union that represents him, the Patrolmen's Benevolent
Association, declined to comment. A woman who identified
herself as Officer Marrero's sister but would not give her
name said that her brother's version of events was the same
as that offered by the Police Department, but declined to
discuss the details.

The incident began about 7:40 p.m. on Wednesday when the two
uniformed officers, assigned to the 73rd Precinct, saw a man
buy marijuana on Grafftan Street in the Brownsville section
of Brooklyn and drive away, the police said. The officers
chased the man through several red lights and pulled him over
on Dumont Avenue between Bristol and Chester Streets, the
police said.

Officer Caprice, who was driving the patrol car, pulled up
behind the man's 1998 gold Ford Contour and he and his partner
got out and began moving toward the man's car. Officer Caprice
walked up along the driver's side and Officer Marrero on the
passenger side, the police said.

When the patrolmen were both even with the rear doors of the
car, the man inside reached over his left shoulder and pointed
his Heckler & Koch pistol out the driver's side window and
fired once at Officer Caprice, sending him staggering back,
the police said. The man, who was later identified as David
Redden, 18, with no previous criminal record, then got out of
the car, and first went around his open car door toward the
front of the car, apparently to flee, according to the police.

But the police said he apparently saw that Officer Caprice
was in trouble and came back to get into his car, firing
again at the fallen officer. Officer Caprice was able to
rise on one knee and return fire, emptying his Glock
9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol, striking the car and
hitting Mr. Redden in the hip and arm, the police said.
Mr. Redden then drove off.

By this time, investigators believe, Officer Marrero had
already run several car lengths away and had taken cover
behind a parked car.

Several hours later, Mr. Redden, after crashing his car,
killed himself in a friend's apartment, the police said.

Last night, Officer Caprice's father, Charles Caprice,
declined to comment through a family friend who answered the
door at the family's home near Prospect Park. But the friend,
a neighbor, Louis Lubin, 53, said Officer Caprice did not yet
know about the questions that have been raised about his
partner's conduct.

Mr. Lubin added: "We're waiting for all the information to
come in. Maybe he was waiting behind the car to assess the
situation. I'm pretty sure that this guy was using the best
judgment he had. Until the facts are in, we won't make
any comment."

Janon Fisher contributed reporting for this article.

SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim

2005-06-08, 8:54 am

we already know cops are XXXXing cowards with two inch penises, thanks
anyway.

HorneTD

2005-06-08, 6:09 pm

SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim wrote:
> we already know cops are XXXXing cowards with two inch penises, thanks
> anyway.
>
>
>

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SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim

2005-06-10, 9:03 am

no, you're idiots that do nothing except harass taxpayers, the only good
traffic cop is a DEAD traffic cop.

KILL PIGS

HorneTD

2005-06-10, 9:03 am

SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim wrote:
> no, you're idiots that do nothing except harass taxpayers, the only good
> traffic cop is a DEAD traffic cop.
>
> KILL PIGS
>
>

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Well we aren't no thin blue heroes and yet we aren't no blackguards to.
We're just working men and woman most remarkable like you.

jacques séguin

2005-06-13, 8:55 am

It is bad to hear this for an officer hoo was probably triying to arrest a
bad guy. But some time policemam and i repeat some time they are good only
in gang like crook. Sorry to say that.
<poboxdc@ix.netcom.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>
> New York Times
> June 7, 2005
> In Video, Officer Runs as Partner Is Shot, Police Say
> By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
>
> A surveillance video shows that the partner of a police officer
> who was shot three times during a car stop last week in Brooklyn
> ran away and, for several minutes, failed to help the wounded
> officer, a police official said yesterday.
>
> The actions of the partner, Officer Gilberto T. Marrero, are
> under investigation by the Police Department's Firearms Discharge
> Review Board as part of its routine inquiry into the shooting,
> said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity
> because the investigation is still under way.
>
> Officer Marrero, a 12-year veteran, could face dismissal if
> the board concludes that he did flee while his partner was
> under fire and the department brings charges against him
> for dereliction of duty, the official said.
>
> The wounded officer, Patrick Caprice, 42, was saved by his
> bulletproof vest when the gunman, armed with a .45-caliber
> pistol, fired at him five times, striking him three times in
> the vest, the police said. A bullet fragment from one of those
> rounds slipped beneath the protective fabric and pierced his
> small intestine, requiring surgery. A family friend said he
> remains hospitalized, but expects to be released on Thursday.
>
> A surveillance camera mounted on the side of a housing
> development near the corner of Dumont Avenue and Chester
> Street captured much of the shooting and its aftermath.
>
> In the ranks of the department, the charge that a police
> officer deserted a partner under fire is among the most serious
> accusations that can be leveled. But several officials could
> not recall a case in which an officer's questionable behavior
> was caught on video.
>
> "As soon as the shots are fired, he's running down the block,"
> the official said. "There was an opportunity to take action
> and he failed to take it."
>
> Although Officer Marrero fled, the official said, he did
> broadcast a signal 10-13 over his radio, the most urgent
> police code announcing an officer in need of assistance, and
> reported that they had been fired upon. But he failed to help
> the wounded officer until a police van with another officer arrived
> on the scene several minutes later, the official said.
>
> The department has yet to take any action against Officer
> Marrero, who was questioned in a formal hearing about the
> incident, the official said. But the officer, who reported
> that he was sick after the shooting, was directed not to
> return to work, and his guns were taken from him, the official
> said. He will remain at home until the investigation is
> concluded, the official said.
>
> Officer Marrero, who has had no other disciplinary problems,
> did not respond to telephone messages left at his home and
> with a family member last night, and a spokesman for the
> police union that represents him, the Patrolmen's Benevolent
> Association, declined to comment. A woman who identified
> herself as Officer Marrero's sister but would not give her
> name said that her brother's version of events was the same
> as that offered by the Police Department, but declined to
> discuss the details.
>
> The incident began about 7:40 p.m. on Wednesday when the two
> uniformed officers, assigned to the 73rd Precinct, saw a man
> buy marijuana on Grafftan Street in the Brownsville section
> of Brooklyn and drive away, the police said. The officers
> chased the man through several red lights and pulled him over
> on Dumont Avenue between Bristol and Chester Streets, the
> police said.
>
> Officer Caprice, who was driving the patrol car, pulled up
> behind the man's 1998 gold Ford Contour and he and his partner
> got out and began moving toward the man's car. Officer Caprice
> walked up along the driver's side and Officer Marrero on the
> passenger side, the police said.
>
> When the patrolmen were both even with the rear doors of the
> car, the man inside reached over his left shoulder and pointed
> his Heckler & Koch pistol out the driver's side window and
> fired once at Officer Caprice, sending him staggering back,
> the police said. The man, who was later identified as David
> Redden, 18, with no previous criminal record, then got out of
> the car, and first went around his open car door toward the
> front of the car, apparently to flee, according to the police.
>
> But the police said he apparently saw that Officer Caprice
> was in trouble and came back to get into his car, firing
> again at the fallen officer. Officer Caprice was able to
> rise on one knee and return fire, emptying his Glock
> 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol, striking the car and
> hitting Mr. Redden in the hip and arm, the police said.
> Mr. Redden then drove off.
>
> By this time, investigators believe, Officer Marrero had
> already run several car lengths away and had taken cover
> behind a parked car.
>
> Several hours later, Mr. Redden, after crashing his car,
> killed himself in a friend's apartment, the police said.
>
> Last night, Officer Caprice's father, Charles Caprice,
> declined to comment through a family friend who answered the
> door at the family's home near Prospect Park. But the friend,
> a neighbor, Louis Lubin, 53, said Officer Caprice did not yet
> know about the questions that have been raised about his
> partner's conduct.
>
> Mr. Lubin added: "We're waiting for all the information to
> come in. Maybe he was waiting behind the car to assess the
> situation. I'm pretty sure that this guy was using the best
> judgment he had. Until the facts are in, we won't make
> any comment."
>
> Janon Fisher contributed reporting for this article.