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Firefighter Attacks Cop Over Woman

2006_08_fdpd.jpgWell, this isn't going to do anything to rehab the image of firefighters: Sean Murray, who works at Ladder 140 in Queens, attacked an off-duty police officer who drove Murray's ex-girlfriend home. A witness saw Murray attack Ahmad Kessba and told the Daily News, "He just kept on stomping and stomping on his face. The man on the ground looked dead." Yikes. Murray's ex, Jennifer Ray, had broken up with him because he was jealous and had followed her on a trip to Virginia - and the attack happened around 4:30AM, when Kessba and Ray pulled up with Murray waiting outside Ray's house. Apparently Kessba tried to tell Murray he was a cop, but then:

Murray...demanded to see Kessba's police shield. But before the cop could respond, Murray stripped off his own shirt and set upon Kessba. The firefighter choked the cop and pounded his head on the pavement "six to eight times," as Ray screa-med, authorities said. With Kessba unconscious, Murray allegedly tried to get at Ray, who had locked herself in the cop's Infiniti sedan. She called 911 on her cell phone.

Rather than flee, Murray, still raging, returned to Kessba's motionless body, choked him and stomped him again at least six more times, authorities said.

Murray's bail was set at $250,000. Murray's lawyer claims that Kessba was interfering in Murray and Ray's argument and Murray told reporters he was punched in the face. Kessba, though, suffered a brain hemmorhage, which is just crazy.

Oh, and Ray and Murray met when Murray was investigating a gas leak.

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  • Nick

    Null...please come on!!!!!! He is a firefighter!!! He did not need to go off like that on that cop. I love the FDNY but this guy needs to have his head examined! I dont know the story with Virginia, but it seems to me though if he knew that the girls family didnt like him and she wanted him there, he wouldnt of come! I know I wouldnt of!!! USE YOUR BRAIN!

  • null

    everyone needs to get off seans back because he looks like a bad guys & he didnt stalk any one im a close friend she wanted him in virgina and kept it a secret from her parents because the gandmother didnt like him..noone knows this cops dirty laundry... but comeon what would you do GUYS if you saw your woman with another man & he knows you guys are together ... kick his ass!

  • JJ

    Sean we still love the lefty power. King of the Deck!

  • true

    its simple, sean murray is a jackass....he puts a neagtive light on other firefighters and its unfortunate.....he is a perp that the dept should never have hired....his career is done....the cop that shot 31x's has a better chance of getting off than him

  • no one

    Maybe I should be more concerned with the problem of atrocious spelling rather than media bias ... that personally pains me ...

  • Not Amused

    Well look at it this way. At least there not fighting the public. It's a good way for the NYPD, and the FDNY to release all that pent up rage they have inside. Seriously the woman was the center of the arguement. I've said it before and I'll continue to say it . Ladies you need to really get to know the guys you get involved with. Understand them and there emotions and maybe things like this wouldn't have happened. I know all the women are now up inarms at what I'm saying but you all know it's true. This guys feelings were hurt and reacted in the only way he knew how to . VIOLENTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The cop may have been trying to enhance this guys calm but think about it . If any you were hurt emotionally would you all be interested in what someone with a "Coolhead" was trying to tell you ? I know I wouldn't , It would probably enrage me further.

  • MRX

    Rule of thumb in a street fight. Loser goes to the hospital, winner goes to jail. It doesnt matter who started it, it only matters who finished it.

  • Guy

    Bottom line: Man "A" stomps Man "B"'s head so hard that his head has broken bones and has a brain hemmorhage.

    Even if "A" claims self defense, the superlative injuries of "B" make that claim extremely hard to believe.

  • DDD

    i went to grammer school with sean. i also am a fellow firefighter. sean is a good hearted person and its proven through the job of saving lives he has chosen for himself. i was just out with him about a week ago with him at a bar...ive known him a long time and i never heard a mention of that he was crazy over his ex...the guy picks up lots of girls he doesnt need to stalk one. anyway i feel the media blows everthing out of proportion, and they know they do too. ive known sean for a very long time and i know for a fact that he wouldnt have fought with a person let alone a cop if he wasnt hit or provoked first...every one feels so sorry for this police officer and it is horriable for what happened, but since he was gotten the better of by sean, everone sayes now he is the bad guy now..how do you know what really happened?...im standing by my fellow brother because i know him personally, and if he should loose his job or do jail time because of people blowing the situation out of proportion is ridiclous...

  • s

    also, re: #37, for the umpteenth time, the opinions being expressed here HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH FDNY VS NYPD. We are all disgusted by his actions, as a human being, and their effects on another human being's life. Your whole point is flawed fromt he start, get over it, its a straw man argument.

  • s

    I have a loud mouth, and I speak my mind, both in person and online. Anyway, thanks for the the diversion tactics, but as I said earlier, don't try to diffuse the reality of the situation. He did not allegedly stomp on the guy's face, it actually happened. Sorry for the psycho babble, but it sounds to me like you're embarassed that this guy is your friend. You're in denial buddy, he's a turd, despite how cool he may be while hangin with his boys. I don't need to know him in person or for a trial to be completed to know that. The sooner you admit this to yourself, the better off you'll be. As for him, he's done for. You're worried about him getting a fair shake? He had his chance, he blew it.

  • JPH

    You wouldn't give 2 shits about journalistic integrity if you didn't know the guy. The bias is yours.

  • no one

    Bail: I am saying that "lurking" is a completely biased and inflammatory term that passes judgment and is inappropriate journalistically and legally, as is creating a story about FDNY v. NYPD because two men got in a fight.

  • Oh Boy

    So is "No One" Murray's mother or something? Get off the guy's junk. He's a psycho!

  • bail before jail

    I made it shorter this time,

    Bust Bravest in attack on officer seen with ex

    Firefighter Sean Murray, said to be 'obsessed' with girlfriend Jennifer Ray, is led from 104th Precinct.

    A jealous FDNY firefighter brutally beat and stomped a cop into unconsciousness early yesterday after lurking outside his ex-girlfriend's Queens home and finding her with the officer, police and witnesses said.

  • no one

    Thank you Mariana for the support. This kind of poor journalism - the title here and metatag is "Firefighter Attacks Cop Over Woman" is completely inappropriate.

  • no one

    Post a link next time n00b ... "thug" is just another word of proving I am right.

  • jerky

    Its quite clear that the police officer and his girlfriend were parading without a permit. The firefighter was doing what any

    officer would do to discourage such illegal gatherings. After

    all, the law must always be applied equally, just like the NYPD does.

  • mipoint

    Here's my point. And, I'm going to keep on posting it, just like you defending this thug.

    Fiery rage at cop

    Bust Bravest in attack on officer seen with ex

    BY VERONIKA BELENKAYA, ERNIE NASPRETTO, SCOTT SHIFREL and DAVE GOLDINER

    DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

    Firefighter Sean Murray, said to be 'obsessed' with girlfriend Jennifer Ray, is led from 104th Precinct.

    A jealous FDNY firefighter brutally beat and stomped a cop into unconsciousness early yesterday after lurking outside his ex-girlfriend's Queens home and finding her with the officer, police and witnesses said.

    "He just kept on stomping and stomping on his face," said neighbor Noemi Schneider, 28. "The man on the ground looked dead." The vicious battle of the badges took place after off-duty cop Ahmad Kessba, 24, agreed to drive his friend Jennifer Ray home from a Long Island club.

    Ray, 21, had argued with her "obsessed" ex-boyfriend, Firefighter Sean Murray, 28, at the club and was concerned he would try to hurt her, sources said. Her fears proved accurate.

    When Kessba and Ray pulled up to her Ridgewood home at 4:30 a.m., Murray rushed to the cop's car, police said.

    "What's going on?" demanded Murray, who had been waiting down the block, according to a neighbor. "Who the f--- do you think you are?"

    Kessba identified himself as a cop and told Murray, who works out of Ladder 140 in Queens, to leave him alone, sources said. "You don't want to do this," said Kessba, who is not dating Ray.

    Murray then demanded to see Kessba's police shield. But before the cop could respond, Murray stripped off his own shirt and set upon Kessba. The firefighter choked the cop and pounded his head on the pavement "six to eight times," as Ray screa-med, authorities said. With Kessba unconscious, Murray allegedly tried to get at Ray, who had locked herself in the cop's Infiniti sedan. She called 911 on her cell phone.

    Rather than flee, Murray, still raging, returned to Kessba's motionless body, choked him and stomped him again at least six more times, authorities said.

    Kessba, who works out of Brooklyn's 62nd Precinct, was taken unconscious to Elmhurst Hospital Center. He suffered a brain hemorrhage, broken bones in his face and severe bruising to his head and neck. His eyes also were swollen shut. But he was conscious last night. "He's talking. He's all right," his brother, Mohammed, said.

    Kessba's partner posted an emotional - and threatening - message on the cop's MySpace.com profile yesterday. "It hurt me to see you like that, and to see your father stressed out over his son, but I had to be there for my partner like he was for me," the message reads. "I said a prayer for you and your family."

    "He will pay for this I promise you that as a partner and friend, he is going to wish he was never born," the partner continued, adding it's "hammer time."

    Murray, who was arraigned early this morning on charges of assaulting a cop and resisting arrest, claimed he was defending himself. "I got punched in the face," said Murray, of Hicksville, L.I., who sported a busted lip as he was led out of the 104th Precinct stationhouse chained to other suspects. "I have a right to hit back. Right?"

    Murray, who was suspended by the FDNY, has a criminal record with convictions in New York for disorderly conduct and drunken driving and an arrest in Virginia for reckless speeding, authorities said. At least one bust came after he joined the FDNY two years ago, officials said.

    Murray's attorney, Robert Gallo, said the cop butted in on an argument between Murray and Ray.

    "The officer interjected himself into a dispute between the woman and the defending witness," Gallo told a Queens judge, who set bail at $250,000.

    Ray's disgusted 15-year-old sister said Murray is "obsessed with my sister."

    Ray and Murray met when he investigated a gas leak in her building. They recently broke up because Murray refused to let her go out and followed her when she went to Virginia on vacation, her family said.

    "She was scared of him," her grandmother said.

    On her MySpace page, Ray writes: "Firemen are hot, my advice is never to date one."

    With Jimmy Vielkind, Kerry Burke, Austin Fenner,

    Peter Kadushin and Richard Weir

  • no one

    Point Jesse? I read the article. Of course he threatened his life after the fact -- why would he do so beforehand? He actually said "hammer time"... Talk about someone who shouldn't be on the street with a GUN (Mamba).

    As for priors, disorderlies are pretty common misdemeanors that you can get for anything -- Critcal Mass anyone? Ditto reckless driving, that can be anything when you have NY plates in VA. A DWI is a bad thing but again, common and none of the above are an indication he should be raked over the coals like this.

    Do you really think he can get a fair trial now?

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