Hispanic man shoots off-duty NYPD police officer in Yonkers At the beginning of this week, the agent was injured in the arm, it was a person known to the officer and I wanted to resolve a “personal dispute.”the authorities reported.
Identified as Bryan Martinez, 30, was charged with attempted murder and assault for shooting Officer Jorge Bencosme on Tompkins Avenue near Railroad Avenue, a short distance from Saw Mill River Parkway, on Tuesday.
The agenta six-year veteran of the New York Police Department (NYPD), was sitting in his vehicle during an hour of traffic on the way to the avenue, cWhen Martínez burst in and opened fire around 11:30 in the morningYonkers officials said.
Shooter He shot 13 times at Bencosme, who was wounded in the right arm with a bullet wound..
“This seems to be a targeted attack at this time and there is no risk to the public in general,” a Yonkers Police Department spokesperson explained at the time.
The officer drove his car to a nearby hospital, where he was treated and released, he reported. Daily News.
Later that day, Yonkers officials tracked Martinez to Port Chester after identifying his vehicle. The Hispanic man was captured without incident and charged last Thursday.
He was ordered detained without bail in a brief court hearing Friday.
“We do not tolerate acts of violence in this city, much less violence that amounts to the shooting of an off-duty police officer,” said Yonkers Police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza.
Detectives revealed that Martínez and Bencosme “knew each other through family members”.
The shooting “arised from a personal dispute between the victim and Martinez,” investigators said.
Yonkers police did not say what the reason for the personal dispute was.
Bencosme was assigned to District 42 in the Bronx before the department placed him on modified assignment in early 2023 due to a domestic dispute and stripping him of his gun and shield, a source said.
He is currently assigned to the NYPD Court section.
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