Two New York police officers where shot yesterday. Given the heightened sense of concern stemming from the “FTP” movement assassinations, many people are wondering if these shootings are related. The shootings do not appear related:
New York […] The unidentified officers were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where they are in critical but stable condition, and are expected to recover, the NYPD said.
The anti-crime officers, who were in plain clothes, were part of a group of five officers who were responding to a call about a robbery at a grocery store on East 180th Street in the Bronx, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.
The officers were approaching two suspects who had just entered a nearby restaurant when one of the suspects opened fire, Bratton said. The officers returned fire and two of them were wounded.
[…] Bratton said the two suspects fled on foot to Marion Avenue, where they carjacked a white Camaro from two women. Shortly after, they abandoned the car and continued to flee on foot, police said. Investigators recovered a black Ruger Blackhawk revolver nearby. The suspects have not yet been apprehended. (Full Story)