A New York Metropolis police officer has died after he was shot whereas conducting a automobile cease, authorities mentioned Monday.
A pair of officers stopped a automobile at 1919 Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens round 5:48 p.m. as a part of the NYPD Neighborhood Response Staff as a result of it was parked illegally, the NYPD mentioned. Then a shootout ensued.
“We lost one of our sons today,” Mayor Eric Adams mentioned at a press convention.
Council Member Linda Lee, who represents the twenty third Council District in Jap Queens, recognized the fallen officer as Officer Jonathan Diller.
“My heart is with the NYPD and the family of Officer Jonathan Diller,” the council member wrote on X. “Our officers bravely charge into the unknown to protect New Yorkers – never knowing if they will return home at the end of the day. Praying for the loved ones of Officer Diller during this agonizing time.”
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The scene the place an NYPD officer was shot and killed Monday in Queens. (Peter Gerber for Fox Information Digital)
As a pair of officers had been approaching the automotive, the 34-year-old suspect, who has 21 prior arrests based on the New York Put up, displayed a firearm and pointed it at them when he refused to exit the automotive, NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban advised reporters.
The suspect then opened fireplace, placing Diller within the abdomen, beneath his bullet-proof vest, authorities mentioned.
“We’re here far too many times,” Caban mentioned.
One other officer returned fireplace and struck the suspect, who was a passenger within the automobile. The wounded officer was rushed to Jamaica Hospital the place he was later pronounced lifeless.
The suspected gunman was additionally taken to a hospital and a gun was recovered on the scene, police mentioned.
The gun recovered from the place an NYPD officer was shot and killed on Monday. (NYPD)
Officer Diller had been with the NYPD for 3 years and had greater than 70 arrests, officers mentioned. After being shot, the suspect dropped the weapon and the officer tried to seize the weapon regardless of being shot, authorities mentioned.
The gunman was final launched from a New York jail in 2021 after serving 5 years behind bars for legal possession of a managed substance, based on state data, the Post reported, citing legislation enforcement sources. His parole in that case ended final yr.
He additionally served a prison term starting in 2011 over a first-degree assault cost earlier than he was launched in 2014, data present.
The motive force of the automobile, a 41-year-old, was arrested in April 2023 on a gun cost, police mentioned.
“Less than a year gun charge,” Adams mentioned. He is again on the streets. April 2023. That is what you name not a criminal offense drawback, a recidivist drawback. Similar dangerous folks doing dangerous issues to good folks. Lower than a yr, he is again on the streets with one other gun.”
NYPD officers in Far Rockaway, Queens where an officer was shot and killed on Monday. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)
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Witness Deon Peters told Fox News Digital that he was working when he heard the sound of gunshots.
“I got here outdoors and I noticed two guys on the ground,: he mentioned. “One of them was an officer. he was moving. He was saying ‘I’m hit. I’m hit.'”
