Behind the Badge
NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia was shot and killed as she sat in a mobile command center with her partner early this morning in the Bronx.
NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia was shot and killed as she sat in her vehicle. Photo from FDNY Engine 63 Ladder 39 Facebook Page.
According to news reports the gunman walked up and shot through the window of the vehicle.
Officer Familia was the mother of three children and a 12 year veteran of New York Police Department.
The suspect was later tracked down by responding officers and shot and killed after he drew a handgun.
According to the Associated Press the gunman was on parole for robbery.
An FBI study of attacks on police officers in 2016 found that 28% of the assailants were specifically targeting police officers. The study said, “The assailants inspired by social and/or political reasons believed that attacking police officers was their way to ‘get justice’ for those who had been, in their view, unjustly killed by law-enforcement.”
So far this year there have been 25 police officers killed by gunfire according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.
