Wednesday, July 5, around 00:30, 48-year-old Miosotis Familia, an employee of the new York police Department, was mortally wounded by a shot in the head while she was sitting in a patrol car with the emblem of the NYPD. It happened in the Bronx, on the corner of Morris Avenue and East 183rd Street.
It is known that in the moment when the attacker approached the car, the Familia wrote something in his notebook, and most likely not noticed the man. He shot through the window on the passenger side.
FIRST PHOTO: This mobile command unit is where Officer Miosotis Familia was fatally shot overnight at the she sat inside in the «unprovoked attack.» pic.twitter.com/zibfn8JjoM
— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) July 5, 2017
«This is mobile command unit, [sitting in which] the officer Miosotis Familia was fatally shot by night during the “unprovoked attack”».
Sitting beside him in the car with her colleague immediately reported the incident and called for help, reinforcements.
«My partner’s been shot!» Chilling call for help moments after officer was shot in the head while sitting in this vehicle overnight. pic.twitter.com/87JbDxMAYv
— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) July 5, 2017
«“My partner was shot.” A shocking Wake-up call moments later after an officer was shot in the head sitting in the car at night.»
James O’neill, Commissioner of the NYPD, said that the attack was sudden and nothing preceded.
“Based on what we know now, it was an unprovoked attack on police officers who work to keep this great city safe,” he said.
#NYPD PO Miosotis Familia has been assassinated in an unprovoked attack on cops assigned to keep NYers safe. Keep her family in your prayers pic.twitter.com/yhRB7H5bvi
— Commissioner O’neill (@NYPDONeill) July 5, 2017
«Police officer Miosotis Familia was killed during unprovoked attacks on police officers assigned to ensure the safety of new Yorkers. Pray for her family».
The wounded were taken to Familia medical center Saint Barnabas, where doctors concluded that she died from suffered injuries.
Body of slain @NYPDnews officer Miosotis Familia taken from St Barnanas Hospital #1010wins She was 48 years old pic.twitter.com/iIi8aF9C0G
— glenn schuck (@glennschuck) July 5, 2017
«The body of the killed employee of the police Department of new York, Miosotis Familia, was taken to the hospital of Saint Barnabas. She was 48 years old.»
The dead woman is the mother of three children. Prior to the service in the police, for two years she was a physician assistant at American Red Cross in new York and spent five years as a nurse at New York University Hospital.
Law enforcement officers managed to arrest the suspect, who was 34-year-old Alexander bonds. He was armed with a silver revolver. It is known that he previously assaulted police officers.
SUSPECT PHOTO: NYDOC says this is Alexander Bonds, 34. The NYPD says the Bronx man «assassinated» an on-duty officer in her mobile command unit. pic.twitter.com/WsMK0bbXFu
— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) July 5, 2017
«The Department of corrections and community supervision says that this Alexander bonds, 34. The police Department of new York reports that the man from the Bronx “killed” the officer on duty in its mobile command unit.»
Bonds tried to resist the police, so they had to open fire. One of the bullets became for it fatal.
During the shooting injured witness, who was wounded in the abdomen, but his condition is stable.
“The city celebrated independence Day, one of those days that we look forward to every year. The police Department of new York has done an outstanding job protecting our city… and was struck by a tragic event,” commented bill De Blasio, mayor of new York.
RIP Officer Miosotis Familia.
Her colleagues from the @NYPD46Pct just came to pay their respects at the scene in the Bronx, left in tears. pic.twitter.com/CkoU0dfpWK
— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) July 5, 2017
«Rest in peace, officer Miosotis Familia. Her colleagues from the 46th police station just came on the scene in the Bronx to pay their respects, and left in tears.»
