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Fall foliage has arrived in Queens and next weekend at Victory Field in Forest Park, Council Member Joann Ariola and the Detective Brian “Smiles” Simonsen
Jagger Freeman was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison in the Queens T-Mobile store shooting that killed NYPD officer Brian Simonsen in 2019.
Detective Brian Simonsen was shot in the chest in February 2019 as he and six other officers opened fire on Christopher Ransom during a robbery at a T-Mobile...
>> it's because of the actions of the suspect that detective simonsen is dead. >> reporter: detective brian simonsen was just two weeks shy of 19 years with the force. >> i ask that every new yorker keep brian's family and the members of the 102nd precinct and every new york city cop in their prayers. >> reporter: the suspect, 27-year-old christoper ransom, is a career criminal, police say. they are investigating if he is the man seen here robbing another cell phone store last month. >> so, let's get to eva pilgrim, with us live tonight from the scene. a very difficult day for the nypd and thi...
York city. two nypd detectives racing to a suspected armed robbery, then other officers arriving and those detectives were then shot by friendly fire. plain-clothes detective brian simonsen did not survive. a veteran on the force. nypd officers standing in the rain as his body was taken away, paying tribute. here's abc's eva pilgrim tonight on how this all happened. >> reporter: the dispatch call for an armed robbery at this mobile phone store came just after 6:00 p.m. >> male, black, all black clothing. about 5'10", 5'11". the perp took two employees to the back of the store. >> reporter: det...