New York: Cop killed in unprovoked attack inside truck; gunman has previous record of cop assault
A New York City police officer was shot and killed in an unprovoked attack on Wednesday by a gunman who was shot dead as he ran from the scene and who had been arrested more than a decade ago for assaulting a police officer, authorities said.
The officer, Miosotis Familia, 48, a 12-year veteran of the force, was shot in the head as she sat in a mobile command truck in the Bronx borough with her partner at about 12:30 a.m. EDT (0430 GMT), the New York Police Department said.
“It is clear that this was an unprovoked direct attack on police officers who were assigned to keep the people of this city safe,” Police Commissioner James O’Neill told a news conference.
Suspected killer Alexander Bonds, 34, had been arrested six times, including once in 2001 for assaulting an officer in the borough of Queens, said NYPD spokesman Detective Ahmed Nasser. Bonds was on parole after being convicted of a robbery in Syracuse, New York, according to a police source.
Bonds’ social media history included an anti-police rant, posted in a Facebook Live video in September.
“That ain’t no badge of honor or nothing,” Bonds said in the video. “I don’t care about a 100 …read more