The officers were wearing uniforms and in a marked vehicle when they were shot by a single gunman a point range, according to the New York Post. Investigators are looking at whether the attack may be in retaliation for the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
Mr Garner was a black man killed by police in a headlock while Mr Brown was the black teenager whose death in Missouri sparked widespread protests and riots across the USA.
The person believed to be the gunman wrote “I’m Putting Wings on Pigs Today,” on Instagram just three hours before the officers were shot.
“They Take 1 Of Ours … Let’s Take 2 of Theirs. This May Be My Final Post.” More...
The post included a picture of silver automatic handgun while another showed clothes which matched the clothing the dead gunman was see wearing.
The two officers - who have yet to be identified - were reportedly parked on a Brooklyn street corner when the incident happened at 3pm, New York time.
“It’s an execution,” one law enforcement source told The Post.
The gunman just started 'pumping bullets' into the patrol car, another source said.
“The perp came out of the houses, walked up behind the car and lit them up,” a high-ranking police official told the New York Daily News.
The suspect then fled to a nearby subway station where he took his own life.
Black rights campaigner Rev Al Sharpton has issued a statement condemning the killings, and any connection made with Mr Brown or Mr Garner.
He wrote: "I have spoke to the Garner family and we are outraged by the early reports of the police killed in Brooklyn today.
"Any use of the names Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases."
3 comments:
why is this happening na?
Stop racism. It is pushing people to extremes. It is so sad when people take the law into their own hands
its actually sad
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