At a press conference on Monday, police officials said they have confirmed that a gun recovered by divers on Sunday from the Harlem River is the weapon that was used in Holder’s killing.
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Forget about what the police unions say about Sharpton.
The activist reverend and cable news commentator has been widely criticized outside of police circles for his perceived opportunism, including by family members of fatal police shooting victim Akai Gurley, who said Sharpton billed himself as Gurley’s eulogist without consulting key loved ones, and millennial Black Lives Matter protesters, who say his National Action Network is too top-down and works closely with politicians while seeking to edge out grassroots activists.
The officers caught up to a man with a bike on a pedestrian overpass that spans the FDR Drive and traded gunfire, police said. “I’m very pleased with what we’ve recovered”, said NYPD Deputy Chief William Aubry. The time was derived from the age, 33, of Officer Randolph Holder, who was fatally shot in East Harlem on Tuesday, plus four – the number of officers killed in the line of duty since December.
Last week, New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton joined more than 130 of the nation’s top officials to argue that offering drug and alcohol treatment, rather than jail time, would be more likely to help offenders improve and reintegrate into society. So they used their hands and forearms to feel for the gun.
The suspected shooter, Tyrone Howard, was taken into custody after the incident and on Wednesday was charged with first-degree murder and robbery, authorities said.
He is expected to speak about gun violence and the need for unity between police and the communities they patrol, Sharpton’s spokesman said.
A funeral will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m.at the same church.
Holder’s fiancee Mary Muhammad told CBS New York the couple was scheduled to close on a home next week and were planning their wedding.
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Holder will then be buried in his native Guyana. “It was the worst feeling ever”.
