© Laura FigueroaNYPD Officer Miosotis Familia was killed when a man shot her in the head as she sat in her marked NYPD car on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, police said.
A New York police officer of 12 years and mother of three was fatally shot early Wednesday as she sat in a command vehicle in the Bronx, authorities said.
Miosotis Familia, 48, was shot in the head shortly after midnight while she and her partner were sitting in a marked police vehicle. She was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died, the New York Police Department said. Familia was "assassinated in an unprovoked attack on cops" when a suspect shot through the window of the officer's vehicle, said James O'Neill, the New York police commissioner.
Police encountered a male suspect, identified as Alexander Bonds, 34, running about one block from the scene.
The suspect allegedly drew a revolver as officers confronted him, and he was shot and killed by police, O'Neill said. A silver revolver was recovered at the scene, police said. Dispatch audio of the moments after Familia was shot reveal her partner frantically calling for help.
"Shots fired!" the officer's partner says. "Give me a f****** bus!" Police said Familia worked in the 46th Precinct, which tweeted out a photo of the officer.
An apparent bystander also was struck by a bullet during the encounter, police said. The person, who was not identified, is in stable condition at a hospital.
Comment: Unfortunately attacks on police only increase as police themselves become more violent, furthering the cycle of violence. As police feel more threatened, they are more likely to use deadly force, upsetting relatives and their communities. When attacks on police happen, they are used as justification for more and more use of deadly force against civilians. Also notice the style in which the story was relayed by CNN, we have the police narrative being accepted uncritically and the alleged suspect's criminal history shared. It would be interesting to discover if Familia had made any complaints of corruption recently, given
the NYPD's history of retaliation against whistleblowers.
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