NYPD Detective Shot in Brooklyn Standoff as 48-Year-Old Gunman Dies After 20-Round Barrage
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 19
NYPD Detective Shot in Brooklyn Standoff as 48-Year-Old Gunman Dies After 20-Round Barrage
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 19
Summary
Detective Matthew Gale, a 15-year ESU veteran, was shot in the left leg and suffered a tibial fracture after officers entered a Bedford-Stuyvesant home at 8:52 a.m.; he is stable and expected to survive.
Police said 48-year-old Lamin Simmons had fired about 20 rounds during an hours-long barricade that began after a 5:45 a.m. 911 call reporting shots inside the two-story house.
At the top of the stairs, Simmons allegedly ignored repeated orders to drop his gun and opened fire, prompting at least four officers to return fire; he later died at Woodhull Hospital.
Simmons' wife and son escaped and told officers he had a history of mental illness, while an elderly couple remained trapped upstairs; investigators said the confrontation stemmed from a dispute involving that couple.
Officers recovered a Jimenez Arms .380 handgun and a Beretta with an extended magazine, as Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani praised Gale and the ESU response.