NYPD cop shoots suspected motorcycle thief

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Associated Press

NEW YORK — An off-duty New York City officer shot and wounded a man suspected of trying to steal his motorcycle.

Police say the officer awoke to noises outside his bedroom window Monday. He went outside to discover two men trying to steal his motorcycle. His wife stayed inside to call 911 and heard shots being fired. One suspect fled the scene, and the other was struck once in the neck and is in stable condition.

There were no eyewitnesses and it's not clear what prompted the officer to fire. He cannot be interviewed by police until after the district attorney investigates, a standard procedure.

No weapon was found. Police say the injured suspect scaled a 7-foot fence before he was found by police hiding in a stairwell around the corner from the officer's apartment.

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This Officer should be punished for this outrageous performance.

The cop should be made to do at least 4 hours range practice every day for a month or until he can pop 99 out of 100 rounds into the center of the body mass from 21 feet, every time!