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Yesterday morning, a five-hour standoff began when a 20-year-old kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and held her hostage in a Brighton Beach, Brooklyn building. It ended when police stormed the apartment's kitchen: The Daily News reports, "One officer used a Taser on Samuel White, 20, and another officer fired his gun when White lunged at Emergency Service Unit officers with the kitchen blade as they entered his Brighton Beach apartment around 5p.m." (It's unclear if White was hit.) White apparently managed to recover enough to stab one detective with a 12-inch knife, prompting cops to yell, "Put it down! Put it down!" before three officers firing at him five times, killing him. The 19-year-old ex-girlfriend had an order of protection against White, after he allegedly kidnapped her and raped her in August; yesterday, she did manage to escape the building. The NY Times says she climbed "through a window just as the police arrived. She told the police she had been raped." White's friends and sister do not think he was armed, telling the papers, "All I can say is an unarmed person was killed. It wasn’t necessary, it wasn’t right," and "This kid had no weapons. He was a good kid."

Yesterday, the Jersey City police released videos from the July 16 shooting incident that left one police officer dead as well as the two suspects under surveillance who apparently started the gunfire. Four other police officers were also wounded. Jersey City police chief Thomas Comey defended his department's decision, saying of suspect Hassan "Shakur" Hosendove, "As we were seeking to open up a line of communication, he was seeking to open up a line of fire."

Last night, police shot and killed a robbery suspect who they had been following on a wild chase that also left bystanders and police officers injured. A pedestrian told police that people in a car had just robbed him—of $1,200 cash—at West 177th near the West Side Highway. Police then chased the silver Cadillac throughout Washington Heights. According to WCBS 2, "The Cadillac struck a motorcycle rider, and the motorcycle got stuck under the car and was dragged. The Cadillac reversed, trying to dislodge the motorcycle, and hit a pedestrian." The cops came on the scene, identified themselves and then fired (one of the suspects may have had a gun). One of the suspects was shot dead while the three others were taken into custody. The Daily News reports, "Investigators said no weapon was found on the dead man, but noted that the weapon might have been tossed during the chase or hidden somewhere in the car. They were awaiting a search warrant Thursday morning."

The NYPD Football Team won its game, 18-9, over the FDNY's "Bravest" team yesterday. The Fun City Bowl matchup, which took place at Hofstra, was marked with sadness, as the NYPD team's was thinking about teammate and colleague Omar Edwards, who was fatally shot while off-duty in Harlem by another cop last Thursday. The NYPD Finest players wore Edwards' number and initials on their helmet; Seventh Precinct Sgt. Dave Reilly also shaved "RIP Omar" in his hair. He told Newsday, "It felt good to win this one for Omar. He was the nicest guy in the world." Officer Joel Sussman, who worked with Edwards as a housing officer, told the Post Edwards, who was 25, had opted out of playing this season because he wanted to spend more time with his wife and two young children, adding, "If this didn't happen, he'd be here rooting us on." Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was also present for part of the game, "Obviously, [the players] very devastated. It's very difficult for all of them. ... This is obviously a very emotional experience."

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.

This morning, the police shot and killed a woman threatening them with a knife in Brooklyn. WCBS 2 reports, "According to police, the woman attacked the officer on Remsen Avenue just after 7:15 a.m... The woman reportedly slashed the officer in the hands. Police were forced to open fire, fatally striking the woman." The police officer, who had deep lacerations, is in stable condition. Last fall, when a police officer fatally shot a chair-wielding man, the NYPD found it fell within department guidelines (a spokeperson said, "Basically, was there an imminent threat to life or serious injury? That is the defining statement").

While the fatal police shooting of a bat-wielding Bronx man was initially characterized as a domestic dispute, his family says Alex Figueroa was defending his 18-year-old stepdaughter's honor.

The ME's office said that two brothers, fatally shot by two police officers early Sunday morning, had been shot in the back. The NYPD says the shooting appears to fall within departmental guidelines, because the police were fired upon when they came upon a brawl outside the RJ's Place, a club in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Police say brothers Dwayne David and Kayshawn Forde were armed and had ignored the cops' orders to drop their guns. Still, David's and Forde's mother said, "My question is, Why were they shot in the back if they were shooting at police? I want answers from the cops." (The police say the men were trying to run away.) Mayor Bloomberg said, "What I'm satisfied with is the investigation that's being done right now. And until the investigation is complete, nobody really knows what happened."

Police say that in an attempt to investigate a stolen Mustang, the suspect gave chase, hitting a police officer whose gun "accidentally discharged." The incident occured around 8 p.m, at East 55th Street and Clarkson in Brooklyn; the suspect died at Kings County Hospital.

Law enforcement sources think Jason Aiello, a former NYPD sergeant, wanted to commit "suicide by cop" yesterday. After escaping the psychiatric facility at a local hospital early Tuesday morning, Aiello was fatally shot after refusing to put down his weapons outside his Staten Island home.

The second 911 call between police shooting victim Khiel Coppin's mother and a 911 operator seems to suggests some misinformation. Coppin's mother Denise Owens claimed she told the 911 operator who called her back that her son did not have a gun. Here's an excerpt (you can read the transcript here and hear it here) of the call at 7:05PM, 14 minutes before police shot at 18-year-old Coppin 20 times: Female: Hello Operator: Hi Maam...

A Brooklyn family and the police have differing views on the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Khiel Coppin on Monday night. Coppin's mother Denise Owens had called 911 because Coppin was acting irrationally. The police released the 911 call, where Owens speaks with a 911 operator and Coppin is yelling in the background; you can read the transcript here and listen here, but here's an excerpt:Background male voice: "Take that, (expletive). I've got a...