Murder

Murder of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu

20 Dec 2014 – 28 Dec 2014 · 40.70° N, 73.95° W

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When
20 Dec 2014 – 28 Dec 2014
Kind
Murder
Coordinates
40.70° N, 73.95° W

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Summary

year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley fatally shoots two NYPD police officers sitting in their police cruiser, supposedly in retaliation for the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, before committing suicide in a subway station.

Murder of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu

2014 murders of two police officers in New York City

On December 20, 2014, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu – two on-duty New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers – were shot and killed by Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, United States. Brinsley then fled into the New York City Subway, where he killed himself.

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