Suspect in Police Shootings Carries Lengthy Arrest Resume
A man who had been arrested 19 times and had tried to
commit suicide at least once vowed in an Instagram post to put “wings on pigs”
Saturday before fatally shooting two New York Police Department officers and
later himself in apparent retaliation for the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
Brooklyn, New York native Ismaaiyl
Brinsley, 28, is suspected of killing Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu of
the NYPD as they ate lunch in their patrol car Saturday shortly before 3 p.m.,
according to the The Wall Street
Journal and WPIX New York.
Brinsley then fled to a nearby subway station, where he shot and killed
himself.
Earlier in the day, Brinsley reportedly visited the home
of a former girlfriend, whom he shot in the abdomen before stealing a cell
phone and fleeing. She was not fatally wounded, according to CBS New York.
New York City Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said Brinsley called the woman’s
mother after the attack as he traveled from Baltimore
to New York City
“At about 6:05
in the morning he calls the mother on her phone, the
girlfriend’s mother on the phone, and he says he shot her by accident and that
he hopes she lives,” Boyce said, according to CBS New York.
Shortly before 2:45 p.m., Brinsley
approached a group of pedestrians in Brooklyn
and asked them if they had gang affiliations, according to the Journal. He then
asked them to follow him on Instagram before saying, “Watch what I’m going to
do.”
Brinsley then fired four shots into Liu’s and Ramos’ police cruiser. Liu was struck once and Ramos was hit three times. Brinsley was reportedly then chased by other police officers to a nearby subway station, where he shot himself in the head.
Brinsley then fired four shots into Liu’s and Ramos’ police cruiser. Liu was struck once and Ramos was hit three times. Brinsley was reportedly then chased by other police officers to a nearby subway station, where he shot himself in the head.
Though Brinsley’s suicide assured that
Saturday would be his last run in with law enforcement, it was not his first.
The man had been arrested 19 times in Georgia and Ohio on charges ranging from criminal
trespassing, felony
possession of a firearm, obstructing a police officer, theft and
robbery, disorderly conduct and criminal damage
of property, among other charges.
Brinsley
was picked up in 2006 on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and shoplifting,
according to the New York Post. At least one robbery charge Brinsley faced in
2009 while in Ohio
“Brinsley attempted suicide in the past and attempted to hang himself a year ago,” Boyce said during a news conference Sunday, according to The Washington Post. “He had a very troubled childhood and was often violent. [His] mother expressed fear of him and she says she hasn’t seen him in one month.”
“Brinsley attempted suicide in the past and attempted to hang himself a year ago,” Boyce said during a news conference Sunday, according to The Washington Post. “He had a very troubled childhood and was often violent. [His] mother expressed fear of him and she says she hasn’t seen him in one month.”
A woman who identified herself as Brinsley’s sister said
she had not seen him in two years, according to The New York
Times. Neither Brinsley’s sister nor mother said they were aware
Brinsley carried any radical anti-police ideology.
“The family is grieving and they’re still trying to cope with what’s happening. It was an estranged relationship,” said Tony Lindsey, a friend of Brinsley’s mother, according to WABC and theHuffington Post.
“The family is grieving and they’re still trying to cope with what’s happening. It was an estranged relationship,” said Tony Lindsey, a friend of Brinsley’s mother, according to WABC and theHuffington Post.
“I Always Wanted To Be Known For Doing
Something Right ……. But My Past Is Stalking Me And My Present Is Haunting Me,”
reads a Facebook post from an account believed to belong to Brinsley, according
to the Journal.
The New York Daily
News reported Saturday
that “sources” told them Brinsley was tied to the Black Guerrilla Family, a
prison-based gang who earlier this month called for a wave of violence against
police officers. But the Baltimore Sun reported later that day that a federal
official said Brinsley had no known ties to the gang, and the Daily News reports the NYPD does not consider the
gang’s declaration a “credible threat.”
Website:
http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram/articles/2014/12/22 /ismaaiyl-brinsley-arrested-19-times-before-shooting-pair-of-nypd-officers-in-brooklyn
Structure:
Who: Ismaaiyl Brinsley, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu
What: Brinsley shot Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu
Where: Brooklyn
Keywords:
Fled (v)逃離
Abdomen (n)腹部
Affiliation (n)聯繫
Ideology (n)思想
The criminal was very extreme.
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