Gunman and Wife Killed in Poughkeepsie Shooting

by Jordan Yerman | February 18, 2011 at 12:48 pm

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3 Cops Injured, 1 shot in Poughkeepsie Shooting: Supect and Woman Killed

A shootout on Lower Main Street in Poughkeepsie, New York has left one officer shot and three others injured. Main Street was shut down at the intersection with Route 44/55 as Poughkeepsie Police investigated the scene. [Update: The suspect's wife was also reported killed: her body was found by a car in the parking lot.]

The police were responding to a call reporting gunshots in a parking lot when they found the suspect carrying a child. After separating the child from the suspect, one officer gave chase, and was apparently shot by the gunman during a second confrontation.

The man suspected of shooting the officer was then shot by the responding police, and died from gunshot wounds shortly after being taken to a local hospital.

Poughkeepsie, with a population of around 30,000 is located south of Albany in upstate New York. (Poughkeepsie map)

One of the officers saw a man believed to be the suspect carrying a child across the parking lot. When he approached the man, a confrontation followed. The officer got the child away from the man, who took off.

The officer handed the 3-year-old to a bystander, then pursued the suspect.

According to Poughkeepsie Mayor John Tkazyik, officers responded to a report of shots fired in the parking lot of a building located adjacent to the Route 9 ramp that intersects with lower Main Street. According to the City of Poughkeepsie Fire Department Facebook page, police were dispatched for a shooting in the area of 56 Main St. and that an officer "was down at the location."