Ex-NYPD Cop Shoots Fellow Cop, Then Kills Himself

2009_04_nypdg.jpg A former NYPD police officer fatally shot himself after accusing his wife, also an NYPD cop, of having an affair with another cop. The NY Post reports that Cecil Ramsay, 51, confronted wife Dady Belfort, 47, and Edwin Chittick, 40, when the pair arrived at Belfort and Ramsay's home in North Babylon, Long Island. According to Suffolk County police, the pair denied an affair and Chittick said, "I'm not here to have an argument with you. I'm leaving." Belfort and Chittick fled in her car; from Newsday, "Ramsay fired at least three times at the moving vehicle. One of the bullets hit Chittick's hand. Neither Chittick nor Belfort returned fire." Ramsay then shot himself; Belfort reportedly didn't realize her husband turned the gun on himself and kept driving to take Chittck to the hospital. The altercation and shooting was apparently witnessed by a construction crew.

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Heroes? No, the NYPD is just human, like the rest of us.

So you think YOU'RE human huh?

Cop Shoot Cop was a cool band.

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