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NYPD sergeant shot dead, second wounded in Bronx gunfight with heavily armed suspect

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;">Career criminal kills NYPD sergeant &comma; injures second officer in gunfight<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;">Cops responded to tip that heavily armed Manuel Rosales&comma; 35&comma; had broken into his wife&&num;8217&semi;s apt in Parkchester&comma; Bronx&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;">The suspect fled the scene&comma; cornered&comma; Rosales opened fire as officers approached his vehicle <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;">Sgt&period; Paul Tuozzolo&comma; 41&comma; was struck in the head and chest before two officers shot the dead during a ferocious gun battle at 3 p&period;m&period; today<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;">Sergeant Emmanuel Kwowas&comma; 30 hit in the right leg&comma; expected to survive <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;">Rosales was pronounced dead at the scene&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;">The suspect had 17 prior arrests and including three stints in jail<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-95091" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;rosales-shootout-scene&period;png" alt&equals;"Rosales shootout scene&period;png" width&equals;"927" height&equals;"480" &sol;><&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Ariel view of the crime scene<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-95096" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;npd-officers-at-the-hospital1&period;png" alt&equals;"npd-officers-at-the-hospital" width&equals;"636" height&equals;"437" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Bereaved NYPD officers outside Jacobi Hospital&comma; in the Bronx&comma; NY where the two injured officers were receiving treatment&period; One of them later succumbed to his injuries<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>An NYPD sergeant was killed and a second officer wounded in the Bronx Friday after they crept up to a robbery suspect’s car and the ex-con opened fire when they were just two feet away&comma; law enforcement sources said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Manuel Rosales&comma; 35&comma; died in a hail of gunfire but not before killing Sergeant Paul Tuozzolo during the 3 p&period;m&period; shooting in Parkchester&comma; Bronx&comma; NY on Friday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tuozzolo&period; A second officer&comma; sergeant as Emmanuel Kwowas&comma; 30&comma; was hit in the right leg in the ambush&period; He is expected to survive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rosales of Brentwood&comma; LI&comma; opened fire from inside his Jeep with a &period;45 caliber semiautomatic as soon as Tuozzolo left his vehicle&comma; the 19-year NYPD veteran twice was struck in the head and chest before two officers shot the career criminal dead during a ferocious gun battle&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;41-year-old Tuozzolo&comma; lived with his wife and two sons&comma; ages 3 and 4&comma; in Huntington&comma; Long Island&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The incident unfolded after the gunman broke into his estranged wife’s apartment on Noble Ave in the Bronx about 2&colon;45 p&period;m&period;&comma; police said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The woman caller reported to 911 dispatchers that the suspect&comma; a career criminal from Long Island who has a long rap sheet&comma;  was armed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module v">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-95040" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;nypd-sgt-paul-tuozzolo1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"nypd-sgt-paul-tuozzolo1" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"1793" &sol;>NYPD Sgt&period; Paul Tuozzolo&comma; killed as he approached the suspect&&num;8217&semi;s immobilized vehicle<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By the timer patrol cars were dispatched to the scene&comma; Rosales fled in a red Jeep Cherokee&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Officers inside a marked patrol car spotted the vehicle outside a storage facility on Bronx River Ave&period;&comma; Rosales reportedly&comma; tried to make a U-turn&comma; but the cops boxed him in&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Four cops were at the scene when Tuozzolo and Kwowas approached the SUV with their weapons drawn and demanded the suspect step out from behind the wheel&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There was no response&comma; so the officers inched closer&comma; sources said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They could not see Rosales’ 45-caliber semi-automatic handgun&period; When the sergeants were within two feet of the jeep&comma; Rosales opened fire striking Tuozzolo and Kwowas and provoking a firefight with police that was caught on video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper"><strong><span class&equals;"ra-title"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-95041" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;manuel-rosales1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"manuel-rosales1" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"1359" &sol;><&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper"><strong><span class&equals;"ra-title">Ex-con Manuel Rosales&comma; was killed in a firefight with officers&comma; in the Bronx on Friday&period; He ambushed responding officers&comma; killing an NYPD sergeant and injuring another before dying in a hail of bullets <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-gallery-wrapper">The sergeant’s partner and an officer in another car fired back&period; An officer assumed a combat stance and returned fire&comma; fatally shooting Rosales captured on video<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>One of the officers returning fire was a 25-year-old NYPD recruit on field training&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He handled himself like a 30-year veteran&comma;” Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch said of the recruit&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rosales’ body could be seen hanging out the front driver’s side window of the van after he was shot&comma; with a puddle of blood below&period; He was pronounced dead at the scene&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The injured officers were rushed to Jacobi Medical Center&period; Tuozzolo’s family was still enroute to the hospital when he die&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-95045" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;nypd-officers-on-the-scene&period;png" alt&equals;"nypd-officers-on-the-scene" width&equals;"625" height&equals;"401" &sol;>NYPD officers on the scene after the heavily armed gunman&comma; identified as Manuel Rosales&comma; was killed in a firefight with officers<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I always talk about what a great job this is&comma; but there’s nothing worse than a day like today&comma;” NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The perp&comma; who records show&comma; had 17 prior arrests and served three stints in prison&comma; turned up at the Bronx home Thursday night and threatened to kill his estranged wife&comma; who had an order of protection against him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-95042" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;alleged-robber-manuel-rosalez-died-in-the-shootout1&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;680" alt&equals;"alleged-robber-manuel-rosalez-died-in-the-shootout1" width&equals;"638" height&equals;"434" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>NYPD officer inspects scene where Manuel Rosales died in a gun battle with cops after he shot and killed Sergeant Tuozzolo and injured another officer<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Sources said the 29-year-old mother of Rosales’s child had been held hostage by him for nearly four hours before he fled&period; A 3-year -old boy and another child&comma; 13&comma; were in the home along with a 50-year-old woman who made the 911 call&period; But when the police officers showed up&comma; Rosales was gone&period; The caller described his Jeep&comma; enabling cops to find him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rosales whose first visit to jail lasted from July 2001 to Dec&period; 2002 for unauthorized use of a vehicle&comma; was again locked up from July 2006 and March 2010 on charges of assault and driving without license&period; He also served time from April 2012 to June 2014&comma; on charges of possessing stolen property&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was arrested twice earlier this year for domestic violence in Suffolk County&period; He was due in court on Nov&period; 16&period;<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-95054" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;manuel-rosales-jeep1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Manuel Rosales jeep1&period;jpg" width&equals;"664" height&equals;"443" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption">The suspect&&num;8217&semi;s vehicle still parked at the crime scene&comma; where he had been boxed in by a cop&&num;8217&semi;s car<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill rushed to Jacobi&comma; where they were joined by other brass&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is with tremendous sorrow that I inform you of the murder of Sergeant Tuozollo&period;” De Blasio said later Friday at a somber news conference&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The city is in mourning and the NYPD is in mourning&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Commissioner O’Neil said&colon;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I always talk about what a great job this is&comma; but there’s nothing worse than a day like today&comma;” O’Neill said&period; The surviving&comma; he said&comma; was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;devastated as we all are&period;”<img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-95057" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;mayor-de-blasio-and-nypd-commissioner-james-oneill-address-the-media-at-jacobi-hospital&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mayor de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill address the media at Jacobi Hospital&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"800" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Mayor de Blasio and  Commissioner James O&&num;8217&semi;Neill address the media at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx&comma; Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Governor Cuomo&comma; in a statement&comma; expressed condolences to the officer’s family&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Every day&comma; the brave men and women of law enforcement selflessly serve our communities to keep the rest of us safe&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today&comma; a sergeant in the New York City Police Department has made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty&comma; and another officer is undergoing treatment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My deepest sympathies are with the families of the officers involved in today’s tragedy in the Bronx&comma; and with Commissioner O’Neill and the NYPD as they cope with the loss of one of their own&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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