# Four dead in NYC shootout last night **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033 "2007-03-15T14:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033/1 "2007-03-15T14:04:33Z")
I was three blocks away from [this](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/15/nyc.shootout/index.html) last night and heard the gunfire. A four block area in Greenwich Village became a parking lot for squad cars and unmarked police vehicles. I stopped counting them after 60. I think this is the third incident of cops being shot in a week here in New York City – not a good time to be a police officer. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033/2 "2007-03-15T14:09:53Z")
Not to mention the stabbing two weeks ago. The stabbing guy is a friend of mine - and is damn glad the guy who stabbed him aimed for the shiny and got him in the _badge_. (Broke the knife, saved Stu’s life.) ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033/3 "2007-03-15T14:14:15Z")
I’m torn on the mentality that drives people to volunteer to be an auxiliary police officer. You get the uniform, but you don’t get to carry a gun. On one hand, it’s incredibly selfless and brave to give your time to help support the regular police force. On the other, it seems like an obvious recipe for disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033/4 "2007-03-15T14:20:22Z")
I live less than one block from there. I heard all that happen last night since I had my window open due to the weather being so nice. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033/5 "2007-03-15T14:48:49Z")
Kudos to the police for taking the shooter down. ---
**Author:** ![Crescend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Crescend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescend)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033/6 "2007-03-15T18:23:43Z")
Heard about it this morning. One of the murdered officers was a friend of mine. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033/7 "2007-03-15T19:00:59Z")
[QUOTE=Crescend] Heard about it this morning. One of the murdered officers was a friend of mine. [/QUOTE] I am so, so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033/8 "2007-03-15T19:07:39Z")
[QUOTE=Crescend] Heard about it this morning. One of the murdered officers was a friend of mine. Fuck. [/QUOTE] I am so very, very sorry for your loss, and for your friend’s family as well. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-dead-in-nyc-shootout-last-night/396033/9 "2007-03-15T19:47:41Z")
**Crescend** , I am very sorry for your loss. **Aangelica** , I’m glad to hear that your friend is okay. That’s a miraculous story that I’ll have to tell my brother in law – another NYPD officer.