Subway Shooting Suspect Says He "Should Have Kept Shooting"

The Post has some statements that subway shooting suspect Raul Nunez made after his arrest. Nunez, an illegal immigrant (previously deported for a drug conviction) caught illegally using a student Metrocard, wounded two cops (pictured) with one of their guns and fired at another police officer, who wounded him. Nunez said, "I knew they were cops. They were trying to arrest me. I saw the [officer's] gun, and I grabbed it and went wild. I should have kept shooting, but the other cop shot me and broke my leg." He added, "I wasn't thinking of what I'm doing. I was just trying to do for my kids. I'm illegal." Yesterday, the NY Times pointed out that 400 of the 7,000 people arrested for fare beating have arrest warrants on them.

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By Jen Chung in News on October 24, 2008 2:15 PM

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NannyState

Nice to hear Nunez is healing up. Soon, he can finish his rehabilitation with a bout of Hep C and AIDS upstate.

west side Michael

Time to remove his Penis so he does

not propagate more"kids".

Gee, my Daddy had a job and brought home

the paycheck,how unusual.

nik13

Another poor undocumented immigrant, simply doing a job Americans wouldn't do. Indeed, police should just aim for the head of anyone who fires at them.

ides_of_march

According to Mike Bloomberg, the city's economy would collapse without people like this. Clearly the oppressive and racist immigration laws are at fault here, not the shooter. He's the real victim.

theevilone

The cop should have shot him a few more times and aimed for his head.

soopaman

the liberals want to send have flowers and peace signs. Did you get his mailing address?

Mr Mel

Common sense would also dictate don't take a cop's gun and shoot him. Unless Nunez is certifiable, he'll do the max.

Steven

Common sense would tell you to stay on the down low and not play with the law if you're an illegal immigrant.

woodendesigner

What a dumbass! If he would have played dumb then he probably would have walked away with a ticket. It's going to be a long time until he sees his kids again.