Gunfight on Hancock Street, 1 Dead (81st Precinct)

ON 7/12/08 AT APPROXIMATELY 2047 HOURS I/V/O 813 HANCOCK STREET, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE 081 PRECINCT, A SERGEANT AND TWO POLICE OFFICERS ON PATROL WERE TRAVELING W/B ON HANCOCK WHEN THEY HEARD SHOTS FIRED. THEY OBSERVED A M/B/22 RUNNING E/B ON HANCOCK STREET WITH A FIREARM IN HIS HAND. THE OFFICERS ORDERED THE MALE TO STOP. THE MALE FIRED AT THE OFFICERS AND THEY RETURNED FIRE STRIKING THE SUSPECT. EMS RESPONDED AND PRONOUNCED THE MALE DOA AT THE SCENE. THE SERGEANT AND THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE REMOVED TO JAMAICA HOSPITAL. THE SUSPECT'S WEAPON WAS RECOVERED AT THE SCENE.