Breaking overnight: An NYPD officer was released from the hospital after being shot in the arm on duty in the Bronx. Police say the suspect was also shot and died of his injuries. JohnBDias has the latest
Chief Det. James Essig says the suspect is a 25-year-old man whose listed address is a homeless shelter on Staten Island. Essig says the suspect has family in the Bronx.
The suspect's arrest history includes a robbery on Staten Island in July 2016. He pled guilty and was sentenced to five years probation. While out on probation in March 2020, Essig says the suspect jumped the turnstile at a Coney Island subway station. When he was caught, he was allegedly carrying a 32-caliber handgun. He pled guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in December 2021 and is awaiting sentencing in June.
"For 20 months after the arrest, he remained on the streets. He finally pled guilty December 2021. So you're asking yourself, he pled guilty in December 2021, why wasn't he in jail? He was still out waiting to be sentenced. The sentence was pushed off for five months, and then you know what else happened? It was pushed off again. People want to ask why am I cracking down on fare evasions? That's why.
The mayor said he and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell will announce"actions we believe need to be taken to deal with this real issue that we are facing."
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