Police Officials said plainclothes NYPD Housing Officers Randolph Holder and Omar Wallace were on routine patrol at the top of a Harlem housing project on the evening of October 20, when they heard shots fired and called for backup.
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“Officer Holder is a true hero that represents New York’s and Guyana’s finest”, PBA president James Carver said in a statement.
Holder was shot and killed, which left the city and his fellow police officers in a state of shock and despair.
Hundreds of mourners paid their respects on Tuesday to slain New York City Police Officer Randolph Holder, while the man accused of killing him sat in handcuffs inside a Manhattan courthouse as a grand jury indicted him for murder.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, a prominent civil rights leader and critic of police treatment of minorities, on Tuesday canceled plans to be the eulogist at Holder’s funeral, saying he was concerned that his presence would be more divisive than unifying. The service is expected to last about two hours: Funeral ServiceWednesday: 3 p.m. He’d been invited by the officer’s family to give the eulogy, but facing an outcry from angry police unions, he backed out in a letter to Holder’s father.
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, ex-NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and the family of slain Officer Wenjian Liu were among those offering their support to the family.
Officer Randolph Holder’s funeral is being held at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York. “They [the family] didn’t want [Officer Holder’s] death to be in vain”.
Holder will be buried in Guyana.
‘The fact that he is New York City’s Finest, they’re here to protect us, ‘ said Rudder, 41, as she held a Guyanese flag. But a law enforcement official indicated those tests included DNA analysis and mechanical comparisons with a previously recovered pistol magazine, as well as ballistic tests on spent shell casings found at an earlier shooting Howard is suspected of committing at 102nd Street in East Harlem. Authorities allege the suspect hopped off the stolen bicycle and shot Holder in the head.
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Howard, who has an extensive criminal record and had three open warrants at the time of the arrest, did not appear at a court hearing Tuesday. “He died in the line of duty protecting the people of the City of New York”. His attorney has said more details about the case need to be known.
