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March 15, 2007
Wild Greenwich Village Shootout Leaves Two Volunteer NYPD Cops Dead
Dated: March 14, 2007
SOURCE: NY1
Two NYPD auxiliary police officers were shot and killed by a heavily-armed gunman in a volley of gunfire on the streets of Greenwich Village around nine o'clock Wednesday night, after the suspect had fatally shot a restaurant employee.
Investigators say the volunteer officers – Nicholas Pekearo and Yevgeniy 'Eugene' Marshalik – as well as responding officers from the sixth precinct began chasing the suspect after he fired 15 shots at an employee at De Marco's pizzeria on West Houston Street near Macdougal, killing 35-year-old Alfredo Romaro.
The suspect, identified as 32-year-old David Gavin, took off running down several streets that were crowded with people. As armed officers from the sixth precinct closed in, the unarmed auxiliary officers caught up with Gavin at Sullivan Street, where witnesses say he walked across the street and shot the unarmed uniformed men.
"The policemen were over there standing in the middle of the street like this, with sparks flying and everything. It was crazy,” said a witness.
Police then chased Gavin to Bleecker where they killed him in a gun battle that sent bullets flying a block away.
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Posted by andrewanissi at March 15, 2007 05:15 PM