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Police arrested one man but are still looking for two others involved with Monday's violent traffic stop in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. When police officers Russel Timoshenko and Herman Yan approached over a BMW SUV with stolen license plates, shots rang out from the car, injuring both officers. Twenty-nine-year-old Lee Woods was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault on a police officer and criminal possession of a weapon. The two other men being sought have criminal histories; from the NY Times:
Dexter Bostic, 34, one of those being sought, first went to state prison in 1990 for assault, robbery and sodomy, officials said. He got out in nine years, but went back for three more in 2001. On parole until 2009, he was working at a Long Island car dealership last week when his parole officer last visited him, officials said.Woods was identified by a "greasy" fingerprint left on takeout food wrappers left in the SUV, which was left at Lefferts and Kingston, a few blocks from Lefferts and Rogers, where the shooting took place. Woods allegedly said, "I didn't know they were going to shoot anyone. We were out eating chicken!" Woods was the driver, while Bostick and Ellis were the passengers. A source told the Daily News, "He says Bostick is on parole and freaks out and starts shooting. Woods' story is a classic one - he's just driving and everything goes crazy around him." Woods' girlfriend is Bostick's sister.Robert Ellis, 34, the other suspect still at large, first entered state prison in 1992, at age 19. He was convicted of first-degree rape and sodomy, corrections officials said. Prosecutors in Queens said Mr. Ellis and an accomplice entered a woman’s home and sexually assaulted her.
A police source calls Bostick and Ellis "bad, bad guys" and notes that they may have been involved in a "murderous spree" of crime in Queens, Brooklyn and Nassau County. Authorities now believe that Bostick may have fled the city, possbily to North Carolina where he has family. The Post reports that Bostick called friends right after the shooting, asking for ways out of the city. "Bizarrely, [a] call [Bostick made to a friend in the Rockaways] was inadvertently picked up by authorities during a wiretap involving a separate case."
Bostick, if arrested for the stolen vehicle, would have faced life in prison, with the three strikes law. Now he faces many, many more serious charges. His brother Lee Hutchinson said he fully cooperated with the police, "If he did what they say he did, so be it, God bless him. He made his bed.” Newsday reports, "Across the city, meanwhile, everyday police operations took a backseat to the manhunt for Bostic and Ellis" - hundreds of detectives are working the case.
Officer Timoshenko is in grave condition; he was shot twice in the head, suffering brain damage. A friend tells the Post that the family is upset with doctors for telling them to take Timoshenko off life support and wants a second opinion. The friend said, "There seems to be brain activity. When his mother talks to him he would cry. He's fighting. We don't see Russel giving up."
Officer Yan, hit in the arm and his bulletproof vested chest, was released from the hospital yesterday. He told reporters, "I believe in miracles. I hope he recovers fully. I will recover fully. I'll be back on the street again. I hope the same thing happens to him." The Post details the surveillance footage of how Yan reacted after being fired upon: "With nothing to shelter him from the gunfire, Yan is seen on the tape ducking and weaving, trying to keep his body small so it would not be struck by the fusillade."
Photograph of Lee Woods being escorted from a police precinct last night by Adam Rountree/AP
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Mr. Sharpton, Comment?
If he had only been eating carrot-sticks.... let this be a lesson to would-be fellons. Vegetarianism is the way to go.
Memo to all Ganstas:
When ridin' in da Escalade eatin' greasy chicken, avoid cappin' anyone. That DNA and finga-print stuff will send you to Rikers.
The sooner these waste products are off the street and in the cooler for the rest of their lives, the safer everyone in NYC will be.
why sharpton? i recall seeing 2 members of the clergy from the community commenting, not good enough?
did you see sharpton with the mayor in the nyc.gov site yesterday?
Dude looks like Latrell Spreewell's cousin. Actually, has anyone see Spree in a while? Hmm...
felons^^ rather. typo
I never understood the t-shirt over t-shirt look.
It's almost as goofy as the polo shirt over polo shirt look.
One type of shirt per customer, please!
what about the vest over white T-shirt look?
I think A&F popularized the Big shirt over shirt look. they actually had a shirt called the "Big shirt"
With a criminal record as much as these three man they should all be killed. Why should we pay taxes to lock up these people? They don't deserve to eat or sleep.
What about the sock-over-sock look?
On a serious note, these type of criminals do not deserve to be in the public. Put them all on an island and let them do whatever they want to each other.
He sorta looks like the predator. Ironic?
never saw the sock over sock look. is this a wilderness survival type thing?
Prayers to the two officers,their families and their coworkers. They are truly heroes and NYC should be ashamed of the way they pay and treat these people.
On the other hand, we see that parole is not working.
What does it take to fire a used care salesman?How did the car dealership not know their salesman was using the cars for some after work felonies? They had him on tape - how many times????? Or do all the salesman borrow cars and switch plates for some afterhours entertainment.
How did they let him have access to anyone's financial info?
...plus the guy was a convicted rapist. A RAPIST.
Rapists should never get parole. Ever.
#12 - this has been proposed. unfortunately, the proposal was that THIS (Manhattan) be the island. Escape From New York, a true classic.
*Authorities now believe that Bostick may have fled the city, possibly to North Carolina where he has family.*
If he did leave the state, the FBI will be involved—any person who commits a felony and leaves the state guarantees a federal manhunt on their asses, especially if they shot a cop.
These pieces of shit should never have been let out of prison (1 or 2 strikes)... robbery? assault? ass-rape? yeah prison will teach em!
This is why cops shoot people on the approach... espcailly if they're another race (statistically speaking)
Where's Al Sharpton? Oh yeah that's right, he up in arms about Don Imus's comment on Nappy-Headed gardening tools.
people get so up in arms when the cops shoot first like when the drug dealing felons got shot outside a strip club the night before one of their's wedding. Cops only gain sympathy when the get shot in the face first...And people wonder why the cops care more about themselves than public image
All you guys asking the oh so provocative "Where's Al Sharpton" are more pathetic than he is. Two cops get shot, one's clinging to life and two of the three perps involved are still at large, and all you can think about is f*cking Al Sharpton?!?
Get off your stupid high horse. Sharpton doesn't have to answer to every f'ing act of a black any more than you have to post a comment apologizing when any white or Jewish or Asian or whatever does something. Where were you all when Braunstein was blabbering about how he didn't do anything wrong to that women in her apartment? Huh? Shouldn't you have posted something apologizing for this man's actions? No. So shut up about Sharpton and pray that the cop in the hospital comes through and that they find those bastards in NC or wherever they are. Jesus.
I noticed the media notes they were shot unprovoked, just like elenor bumpers, amadou diallou and the countless others who have died by the hands and bullets of the NYPD.
again with the racist al sharpton comments. it never ends, gothamist, where it's al sharpton, all the time.
karma will come back, clinging to life or not.
While the Al Sharpton comments may be obnoxious, they reflect frustration, just like comments from any other side do. At least it shows that people still pay attention to Sharpton. Besides, if these three guys weren't so clearly "bad, bad guys" as a spokesman stated, there probably would be someone coming forward and defending their actions, stolen vehicle or not. It's politics more than race.
Hopefully these cops will recover fully and return to the streets. The vast majority of cops are solid, follow their vows kind of guys. Just like any other group, it's a few bad-asses that make everyone look pathetic.
all this misdirected hate, we're losing sight of the important story: that two immigrants, one chinese, one russian, came together to serve and protect against dangerous black people.
What a shame. Had these poor unfortunate individuals had the resources and were brought up under more propitious familial circumstances, they could have become brain surgeons and attorneys! >
those that got away should of been shot on sight.
#20: your ignorance is bliss, eh?
No one's on a high horse—in fact, it's you who's on this seemingly high horse.
Jews do not have to apologize for Braunstein cuz Jews statistically, typically and historically, do not commit the extreme and viral amount of violent crime that blacks or hispanics do
Al Sharpton has made it abundantly clear that he is here or minority rights (Jews also fall into minority rights however, he rarely supports them), but is no where to be found when the tables are turned— i.e. this crime is a great example; two cops shot by career violent criminals.
I do hope the mortally wounded cop survives—i pray with his family, friends and fellow officers.
Where are your prayers? all you did was complain about the board which you're so new to.
It's reported they caught Bostick in the Poconos.
Beautiful East Stroudsburg, right on the Delaware off I-80.
Ellis is still at large in the area, say police sources.
Boy, what a bunch of dopes.
Stereotypes, all ... down to the fingerprints on the Popeye's chicken.
Guess more of our tax dollars will go to support these criminals -- for the rest of their lives.
At a nice, cold state prison in the Adirondacks.
The cops were immigrants and minorities too. I don't care what race these people were. All I'm saying is what happened was tragic, and I hope the perps pay. Just the cops that shot Sean Bell (and some of them were black and Latino) are punished as well. Race isn't as simple as you or your counterpart Al Sharpton (like it or not the two of you have similar myopic views on race) want it to be. Not all cops are white and good, not all criminals are black and bad.
My point about you and the guests like you is that you all are obsessed with spreading the gospel of how blacks and Latinos are horrible people and therefore use comment boards and any story involving blacks or Latinos as a sounding board for your obsession. Chill. From all your past comments we know you're not keen on people different from you. We know. It just gets old. And, despite what you may want to do, you can't lock us ALL up, or execute us all.
Amen.
My thoughts on this issues, If you didn't do anything then why are you talking about it ? Posted by; "Still Not Amused"
Just had to comment, tho I know I'll be "grayed out."
rtd2101,
appreciate your thoughtful (albeit emotional, which is understandable) intelligent comments.
Edex,
WTF????
"Jews do not have to apologize for Braunstein cuz Jews statistically, typically and historically, do not commit the extreme and viral amount of violent crime that blacks or hispanics do"
And you know this how?
You used to be somewhat intelligent with your comments. Whatever you're on now, please give some to the rest of us. I'm Jewish and your racist rambling baffles me (and BTW is completely against the teachings of my religion and culture).
Jews don't have to apologize for Braunstein (or Milken or Boesky or Wolfowitz or any other Jewish criminal) simply because Asians don't have to apologize for the Virginia Tech shooter, any more than Black people should apologize for OJ or Muslims apologize for Osama. This is about two police officers, one of whom was NOT white, one of whom is fighting for his life. I hope he makes a full recovery (thos it's not likely) & that they bring the SOBs to justice.
SO take your racist Al Sharpton comments (apropos of NOTHING) and shove it.