hospital. despite every effort to save their lives, both officers tragically succumbed to their injuries. on behalf of the new york city police department, i extend my deepest condolences to lou and the ramos families. and the families with the nypd. both officers paid the ultimate sacrifice today while protecting the communities they serve. the suspect was transported to brooklyn hospital, where he was pronounced dead. we are currently continuing to investigate this incident. i want to thank at this time dr. ju and his trauma staff for their valiant efforts but unsuccessful efforts to resuscitate our officers. some background information relative to the events leading up to the murder of our two officers today. at approximately 5:45 this morning in baltimore county, maryland, a female believed to be britonsly s former
girlfriend, was shot and seriously wounded by bribsly at her residence. detectives later received information from the victim s mother that britonsly was posting on the victim s instagram account. further information was developed indicating that brinsley may have had associations with the east flat bush area of brooklyn. at approximately 2:45 this afternoon, baltimore authorities sent a fax, a warning flier, a wanted flyer to the nypd and other agencies. tragically, this was essentially at the same time as our officers were being ambushed and murdered by brinsley. tragically too, this is not the first time this department has seen such violence. seven times since 1972, we have seen partners murdered together, often in incidents such as this, mindless assassinations without
times through the front passenger window, striking both officers in the head. officer lou and officer ramos never had the opportunity to draw their weapons. they may never have actually even seen their assailant. their murderer. other officers also assigned to the crv post immediately pursued brinsly southbound on tompkins avenue. britonsly then turned westbound on mer tell avenue and fled to the g train subway station. he proceeded down the stairs on to the westbound subway platform. while on the platform, britonsly shot himself in the head. took his own life. a silver semi automatic firearm was recovered on the subway platform near the suspect s body. officers lou and ramos were transported here to woodhull