Officer shoots suspect dead during sex assault in New Hyde Park
An officer shot and killed a man who was sexually assaulting a woman he had carjacked in New Hyde Park Thursday night as the suspect struggled with another officer, a police source said.
The source said a woman leaving the Stop and Shop supermarket on Hillside Avenue was confronted by a masked man brandishing a gun. The woman, who is unidentified but is in her early 20s, according to the source, may have been distracted because she was talking on a cell phone.
a woman leaving the Stop and Shop supermarket on Hillside Avenue was confronted by a masked man brandishing a gun.
The suspect, who is also unidentified, forced her into her car and had her drive to the back of the supermarket, where he forced her to perform a sex act, the source said.
He then had her drive to a second location nearby, where police responding to a 911 call pulled him over, the source said.
The officer ordered the semiclothed suspect out of the car, but the suspect refused and told the officer, "Be prepared to die."
There was a struggle, and the officer's gun fell, although it's not clear if the gun fell before or after the struggle.
A second officer with Nassau's Third Precinct then shot the suspect, pumping two or three bullets into him.
Nassau police have scheduled a noon news conference about the case.
"All indications are that this was a justified shooting," said Det. Sgt. Anthony Repalone, a department spokesman.
The shooting happened within the jurisdiction of the Williston Park-based Third Precinct.
The supermarket is at 653 Hillside Ave.
Posted Friday, October 9, 2009
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