5 cops shot, 2 perps killed in shootout; linked to June shooting caught on video

Thursday July 16, 2009, 10:48 AM

Four Jersey City police officers and a Port Authority police officer were shot this morning, two critically, and two suspects killed during an investigation into the case of a man shot on Broadway last month that had been caught on surveillance video, sources told The Jersey Journal.

Officers were watching a stolen vehicle on Reed Street at Bergen Avenue when a man and a woman exited a nearby building and the man opened fire with a shotgun, shattering the passenger window of an unmarked police car, police said. The officer who was sitting there had just gotten out.

The couple then ran back to the building but the man turned around and fired at another officer and struck him in the leg, police said.

Police evacuated the building and called in Emergency Services from Jersey City and Port Authority police.

When police entered the building, gunfire erupted from inside the apartment, going through the door, police said.

A Jersey City ESU officer was hit in the chest and neck outside the door, and he is in critical condition, police said.

Another Jersey City officer was shot in the face outside the door, and he is also in critical condition. He had no signs of life when he arrived at the Jersey City Medical Center, where he was resuscitated and is now in surgery, police said.

"The fact that we can talk about him being in surgery now is a minor miracle," Dr. Nathaniel Holmes said at a news conference attended by Jersey City Police Director Samuel Jefferson, Police Chief Tom Comey, Mayor Jerramiah Healy, other elected officials and a representative of the Port Authority Police.

During the gunfire that erupted, a Jersey City officer wearing a bulletproof vest was shot in the back, and a Port Authority police officer was shot in the arm.

The suspects were apparently barricaded in the apartment but were shot and killed, although details are still hazy.

The incident began with officers of Jersey City's major case unit watching a parked car that matched the getaway car captured on video after a 43-year-old Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., man was shot at 6:30 a.m. June 18 when he arrived at work at the 30 Minute Oil Change on Broadway.

Comey declined to identify the officers saying all of the families had not yet been notified, and he refused to name the dead suspects.

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[alacransinalas]

A man lies in the street and everyone just drives around him. What a waste of society we live in.

[TeiyoYeiyo]

its not good when cops are killed, that is the dumbest shit i have ever heard, sure they do alot of stuff that pisses off the regular guy, like handing out speeding tickets, but that saves lives in the long run, but they also catch all sorts of useless scumbag pieces of shit that are killing people, raping women, diddling kids, and draining society. so anyone who praises "God" when a cop dies must also be raping women and little boys, u bunch of f*cking faggots, oh yea and im white and i work

[knowledge14201]

@TeiyoYeiyo If you're white, you're obviously never gonna have a problem with police. I work but I'm a hispanic male and I get fucked with all the time. Don't give the police your undying support just cuz he helped you find momma when you were lost in the supermarket. A lot of these assholes are just that, assholes who abuse power.

[kaui99]

wow really!!! a man lieing in the street, and sorry ass people just drive by. 

[panterlac]

It`s interesting to read all the quality comments. The braintrust is speaking.

[jimbobob1983]

whenever a cop gets turned into smoked bacon it is a great day. when a cop murders an innocent person its a very sad day

[TeiyoYeiyo]

@jimbobob1983 i knew it, u do molest little boys.... hahaha i hope the next cop that pulls u over is a big white rascist cop that F's u in ur A

[jimbobob1983]

@TeiyoYeiyo how did you find that out about me? how do you know so much about me? tell me im not going to let a troll like you get me pissed off. let me tell you something the next cop that tries to fuck with me i will kill and youll hear about it on the news enough said

[TeiyoYeiyo]

@jimbobob1983 anyone who wants to see a cop get hurt must be a child molester or rapist, or maybe u beat up ur grandma with a baseball bat or something i dunno but what i do know is u probably are afraid of them, because u r guilty of something, im going to assume u touch little boys and thats f u c k i n g gross

[grunticus09]

@The348864 fuck you

[The348864]

@TheDreamer122 fuck all whites fucking crackers