NYPD officer 'fighting for his life'
Officer Brian Moore "is fighting for his life," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown told The Associated Press after spending many hours with the comatose 25-year-old officer. Moore remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition after hours of surgery for what court papers described as "severe injuries to his skull and brain."

His family members "stand in silence with tears in their eyes, not knowing what the outcome for Brian will be," said Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. The suspect, Demetrius Blackwell, was ordered held without bail Sunday after appearing in Queens Criminal Court in a torn white jumpsuit. His hands were cuffed behind his back and legs shackled.

He was arrested Saturday night and charged with attempted murder in Moore's shooting. The 35-year-old suspect did not enter a plea during the five-minute arraignment, for which more than 100 officers packed the courtroom.

Prosecutors said they intend to present the case to a grand jury before Blackwell's next court date, which was scheduled for Friday. "This was nothing more and nothing less than a cold-blooded attempt at an assassination of New York's finest," Assistant District Attorney Peter McCormack said.

Blackwell's court-appointed lawyer, David Bart, said his client "emphatically denies" the charges, which also include assault and weapons offenses. McCormack said Moore and patrol partner Erik Jansen — both in plainclothes in an unmarked police car — approached Blackwell on a Queens street after seeing him tugging at his waistband around 6:15 p.m. Saturday and asked him "What are you carrying?"

The officers ordered Blackwell to stop and exchanged words with him. That's when Blackwell turned, the prosecutor said, and "in a vicious manner started to fire" — at least two shots. Jansen was not hit and radioed for help.

Officers searched house by house in the quiet Queens Village neighborhood, and some could be seen walking on roofs as helicopters flew overhead. After Blackwell's arrest, McCormack said, three witnesses picked him out of a police lineup.


He said Blackwell told a detective that he is known as a "hellraiser on the street." After the arraignment, Bart told Judge Michael Yavinsky that his client was arrested at his home without a warrant and that "the arrest may be illegal."

they just reported on CNN bout a half hour ago that he died.

"the arrest may not be legal"...

If the Cop died,he better hope he won't get back on the Street!

haha no moe, these are two different situations. in this case the arrest is certainly justified.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police Officer Brian Moore, who was shot in the head by an ex-convict in Queens, has died from his injuries, according to multiple reports.

Moore, 25, died when his family took him off life-support at Jamaica Hospital, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.

Police Commissioner William Bratton arrived at the hospital shortly after Moore's death.

The officer had been in a coma since the incident and underwent surgery for what court papers described as "severe injuries to his skull and brain."

The suspect, Demetrius Blackwell, was ordered held without bail Sunday.

Police say Blackwell fired at Moore and his partner as they sat in plainclothes in an unmarked police car Saturday night. They stopped him after seeing him tugging at his waistband.

Staten Island politicians, as well as officials throughout the city, expressed their condolences on Twitter moments after word of his death spread.

Some liberal middle school teacher will have his/her students write him a letter wishing him the best

Police have to deal with this type of scum daily. Which thug will have a gun? My hats off to them. They do a job many would not do.

There is good and bad in every example of human life.... and then there is the media who decide for us which is which

Deja vu. I posted this in another topic. Shows even routine traffic stops can be dangerous for a cop

I saw that and was wondering if it was the same one.

That thug (yes I said that) murdered a good cop. Shows how dangerous that job is!

thats why i think NY should stop the whole "stop and frink" stuff. they stopped the guy because they saw him adjusting his waist band or something like that. since when does someone adjusting their waist band justify a police officer to stop and question someone? note: I AM NOT ADVOCATING THAT THIS COP WAS BAD AND AM NOT BASHING THIS COP. that being said if the NY police didnt constantly stop people for very petty reasons, this cop would still be alive. i know the guy had an illegal gun and was carrying it illegally so no i am not advocating that this guy wasnt a scumbag. but i do feel NY abuses the whole stop and frisk thing just a bit. if they didnt stop him we would still have one more scumbag on the street with an illegal gun, but we would also have one more officer that wouldnt have died..... i know its already coming so let the tomato86 bashing begin.

Wow when a good cop is murdered, it's still the cops fault

maybe less threatening uniforms...

never said it was the cops fault, its the fault of the entire NYPD for having the stop and frisk policy, stop and frisk sounds like something out of nazi germany. i dont even understand how they say its legal to just stop random people on the street and search them. like i said i am not bashing the cop, read the post yellowrose. i said if they didnt have this policy it would not have happened.

where is their jurisdiction, the star trek enterprise?

Portland

hahaha r u being serious? are particle beam pistols standard issue with those uniforms?

Why hasn't the new attorney General visited with the family of this cop
as she has with the Freddy Gray family?
Just wonderin...