NYPD officer killed in ambush

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A crime scene near where a police officer was fatally shot and killed in the Bronx, New York Associated Press/Photo by Seth Wenig

A New York City police officer was shot to death early Wednesday while sitting inside a command post RV. Officer Miosotis Familia, a 12-year veteran of the New York Police Department, was finishing up paperwork when Alexander Bonds, an ex-convict, fired through the passenger window and struck her in the head. Police chased Bonds and confronted him, then shot him to death after he pulled out a revolver. “This was an unprovoked direct attack on police officers who were assigned to keep the people of this city safe,” Police Commissioner James O’Neill said, calling it an assassination.

Lynde Langdon

Lynde is WORLD’s executive editor for news. She is a graduate of World Journalism Institute, the Missouri School of Journalism, and the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Lynde resides with her family in Wichita, Kan.

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