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NYPD rookie who shot a gunman who killed a policeman has been promoted to detective

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The NYPD “super rookie” who shot the gunman who ambushed officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora in Harlem last month was promoted to detective on Tuesday. Officer Sumit Solan, 27, was handed detective shield No. 332, “which symbolizes three brothers of 32 [Precinct]Commissioner Kishant Sewell said during the ceremony, it was reported A clip posted on the Twitter of the top cop. “Today I had the honor of promoting Police Officer Sumit Solan to the rank of investigator,” she said. “Like his associates, he is an example that police officers…

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AG opens investigation into murder of NYPD driver at Bilt Parkway

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The state attorney’s office has opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of a crazy driver in Brooklyn on the Belt Parkway last week. Authorities said Brian Astarita was speeding in a collision with a policeman around 4 p.m. November 11 during a chase and then got off and approached officers with a BB pistol, refusing to stop, before he was shot dead. Police sources said that the case appears to be a suicide of a policeman. The Attorney General’s Office for Special Investigations said Sunday that it will investigate…

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Double shooting in New York City kills one and injures another

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A man was shot in the chest and another in the buttocks outside an apartment building in the Bronx on Saturday, police said. The double shooting occurred at approximately 5 p.m. at 1460 Macombs Road in Mount Eden. Police found a 46-year-old man outside the building with a bullet wound to the buttocks. EMS rushed him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln to receive treatment for his non-life-threatening injuries. A 32-year-old man who fled the scene before cops later arrived at BronxCare Health System appeared with a bullet in the chest.…

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BLM’s Hawk Newsom Clashes With Dan Bongeno Over Rioting

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The Black Lives Matter leader who threatened “bloodshed” if there was no police reform in New York City pulled out of an interview with Dan Bongino of Fox News Saturday night after he was called a “coward” for refusing to condemn the riots. Hawk Newsom, co-founder of New York BLM, clashed with conservative commentator during a hot exchange About riots and vandalism in the Big Apple associated with his group following incidents of police use of force. Bongino, a former NYPD cop, asked the BLM leader if he condemns the…

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NYPD cops find respect, warm welcome and more money in Florida

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More than a dozen NYPD cops have abandoned the Big Apple to join the force in a small Florida town — part of a national trend of disgruntled officers finding greener pastures in pro-police communities. Lakeland – a community of 108,000 people 35 miles east of Tampa – He launched a social media campaign targeting New York City cops earlier this year, and in April he sent a recruiting delegation to Times Square. 14 Ex-Finest moved to Lakeland last year – 12 of them have attracted in the past two…

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New York City teen arrested in connection with fatal shooting of Jaden Turing

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New York Police announced Friday that a teen has been arrested for the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Brooklyn in September. Police said the 16-year-old suspect, whose name has not been released due to his age, was charged with murder and possession of a deadly weapon in connection with the September 29 killing of Jaden Turing. He is the second teenager to face murder charges. Aramis Gonzalez, an 18-year-old homeless person, was arrested September 30 and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Police and sources…

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Adams appoints police chief and head of schools after Thanksgiving

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He said Friday that Mayor-elect Eric Adams will begin naming key members of his administration after Thanksgiving. “I will put up my first two ads. They will be mine [schools] The counselor and police commissioner said, “Adams said Friday in a ribbon cutting for a new library at a public high school in Brooklyn. “I want to do it after Thanksgiving,” Adams said. A source in the campaign told The Post that announcements are expected in early December. The outgoing Brooklyn District Chief said the Department of Education’s No. 1…

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New York leaders evade comment on Hook Newsom’s threats

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How about it: Longtime local left-wing activist Berta Lewis has proven she has more courage than Mayor Bill de Blasio, Reverend Al Sharpton and other so-called local leaders — by not evading The Post’s questions about Hook Newsom’s outrageous threats to riot if the mayor -elect Eric Adams brings back the NYPD plainclothes crime unit. “Give Brother a chance,” said Lewis, president of the Black Institute for the incoming mayor. Adams pledged a different way to police work. I’ll wait and see what Eric does and what the police department…

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Letters to the Editor – November 13, 2021

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The case: A local BLM leader’s claim that there would be “bloodshed” if the city brought back crime-fighting units. Finally, New York City will have a mayor with a backbone who won’t hold back on activists who threaten to riot and burn down our city (“Not In My City,” November 12). For a long time, New York and other major cities across this country have allowed these activists to dictate police policy. Where did we get that from? The streets of every big city are stained with the blood of…

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NYC man killed by NYPD may have died in police suicide: sources

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Police and law enforcement sources said the 65-year-old man who was killed by NYPD officers at the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn was armed with a BB handgun and may have died in a suicide encounter by a policeman. Authorities said Brian Astarita, 65, of Brooklyn was stopped by a police officer for speeding in a gray Jeep Cherokee near the Bay 8th Street Expressway exit around 4 p.m. Thursday. But when the policeman approached the car, he took off, according to the New York Police Department. Astareta was chased by…

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