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NYPD officer shot responding to domestic violence call in Brooklyn: sources
NEW YORK — An NYPD cop survived a gunman’s ambush on Christmas Eve after a man shot him in the back in Brooklyn as he responded to a domestic violence call, police sources said. The officer, who police sources said joined the New York Police Department in 2016, was responding to a fight between a boyfriend and girlfriend in an apartment in Crown Heights at 9:15 p.m. when the boyfriend shot him in the back, police sources said. The officer was encouraging the girlfriend to press charges when her boyfriend opened fire, according to sources. The officer remained conscious and alert as he was rush...
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NYPD officer shot responding to domestic violence call in Brooklyn: sources
NEW YORK — An NYPD cop survived a gunman’s ambush on Christmas Eve after a man shot him in the back in Brooklyn as he responded to a domestic violence call, police sources said. The officer, who police sources said joined the New York Police Department in 2016, was responding to a fight between a boyfriend and girlfriend in an apartment in Crown Heights at 9:15 p.m. when the boyfriend shot him in the back, police sources said. The officer was encouraging the girlfriend to press charges when her boyfriend opened fire, according to sources. The officer remained conscious and alert as he was rush...
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Police officer shot in Brooklyn, sources say
NEW YORK — A police officer was shot on Christmas Eve while responding to a domestic violence call in Brooklyn, police sources said. The officer responded to a call in Crown Heights and was leaving the scene when the suspect shot the officer in the back, police sources said. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, though his bullet-resistant vest may have saved his life, sources said. Police have taken the shooter into custody and recovered his gun, sources said.
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Ex-MLB star Omar Vizquel accused of domestic abuse: report
Former MLB star Omar Vizquel has been accused of physically harming his wife, Blanca, on multiple occasions. Blanca Vizquel told The Athletic in a report released Wednesday that the thee-time All-Star shortstop had physically abused her on two separate occasions, in 2011 and in 2016. She also said there was a heated argument this past August when she decided to file for a divorce. The couple was married in 2014. In 2016, Blanca said Omar, 53, was taken into custody by police after an incident at their Seattle-area home that resulted in Omar pushing Blanca, which caused her to fall, hurt her sh...
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