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Officer Randolph
Holder was shot around 8:30 p.m. local time in an exchange of
gunfire near the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive, a major
route through Manhattan, having responded to calls from
residents reporting hearing shots in the area.
One person said an he was the victim of armed robbery while
riding his bike, the New York City Police Department said.
The critically wounded officer was taken to a nearby hospital
where he was pronounced dead. He was the fourth NYPD officer to
be killed in the line of duty in the past year.
Holder, 33, a native of Guyana, was a five year veteran of the
force, authorities said.
"When the call comes, he ran towards danger," Police
Commissioner William Bratton said at a late Tuesday news
conference.
A wounded suspect was arrested about four blocks from the
shooting, a law enforcement official said, but it was unclear if
that person was being held on suspicion of killing the officer.
According to the New York Times, the neighborhood, which
contains several large housing projects, has suffered an uptick
in violence in recent months.
The Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive, or FDR, a busy route
along the east side of Manhattan, was partially closed in both
directions for several hours as police investigated.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Simon
Cameron-Moore)
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