Several times one of the victims broke down in tears as he faced the gunman, the former Police Officer who shot him six times. Ill have the remnants of this event until the day i die. Reporter anger, pain, frustration. He has not been the same since he sat in the car with his friend two years ago. The men just finished a hockey game and were stopped at a red light at sixth and lincoln when then nypd Police Officer Brendon Cronin who finished training and had been drinking walked up to the car, firing 14 shots, six riddled josephs body. Robert was not hit. I can still remember the sound of the gunshots and the glass breaking. You know, joe screaming next to me. Reporter before learning his sentence, cronin who often looked down and showed no emotion apologized to his wife, his family and the two strangers to express and offer the most heart felt apology. Im so very sorry. His apology is no way accepted by me. Reporter just empty words for these two victim who is say the former Police Of
We are on the cusp of that rainfall beginning. Bill and liz, back to you for now. Lee is on four times a night on Eyewitness News but if youre not near a television, you can still track the storm by downloading our free accutrack weather alert app. New at 6 00, the mother of a young man who died in Police Custody in new jersey tonight filing a suit claiming cops and workers at the Middlesex County jail caused the death of 27 yearold david yurbey, a neck fracture is what killed him but a mom claims her son had a history of Mental Health issues and she says officers treated that as a crime. Darla miles has the story. Reporter well, liz, the mom says she did not know her son died with a broken neck until five months after she buried him and that was only after the Middlesex County Prosecutors Office conducted an internal investigation and declined to prosecute. That investigation includes video of his final hours. When they placed him in a chair and they were saying to him, relax, relax a
Baby died of multiple blunt force trauma. Its real repulsive. Reporter theres no mincing words amongst building residents still in a state of shock. An autopsy confirmed their worst fears, the newborn thrown from a seven story window was alive at the time. It was in this courtyard that the infant girl, the umbilical cord still attached was tossed into an alley where garage is stored. Stored garbage is stored. It takes your breath away. Reporter today caseworkers from Childrens Services left the building after meeting with the baby sitter of the fathers older child, a 3yearold boy. The father was questioned by police at released. Detectives believe the 28year old was unaware of what had happened and may not have even known his girlfriend was pregnant. Hes a good person. Hes a good father and i dont have nothing about bad about geo. Reporter Jennifer Berry told investigators the child wasnt breathing after she gave birth in the shower and that she panicked in disposing of the body. She w