PO Brian Moore.jpgNEW YORK – A Queens ex-con was charged with attempted murder Sunday for shooting an undercover NYPD cop in the head, leaving him clinging to life, officials and sources told The Post.
Plainclothes officer Brian Moore, 25, took a turn for the worse early Sunday after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, and distraught family members were rushing to his side, sources said.
Moore is the fifth NYPD officer to be shot in as many months.
A four-year department veteran from a police family, Moore was driving with his partner by the intersection of 212th Street and 104th Avenue in Queens Village at around 6:15 p.m. Saturday when the incident occurred.
The pair spotted Demetrius Blackwell, whom they knew to have a long police record, said Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.
Blackwell had been fiddling with his waistband, a source said.
Moore and his partner, Officer Erik Jansen, pulled up behind him, and Blackwell realized they were cops.
Words were exchanged, Bratton told a news conference at Jamaica Hospital on Saturday.
Then suddenly, Blackwell, 35, drew a gun and fired at least three shots at the cop car, shattering the quiet of the middle-class neighborhood, authorities said.
“He immediately opened fire on them before they had a chance to get out of the vehicle,” Bratton said.


Moore was struck at least once in the back of the head, with the bullet exiting the front of his face, sources said. Jansen was not injured.
Fellow officers placed Moore, who is assigned to the 105th Precinct, in a squad car and sped to Jamaica Hospital.
Moore’s father and uncle are retired NYPD sergeants, and his cousin is a city cop. (read more)

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