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NEW YORK Cheap Jerseys From China , May 4 (Xinhua) -- The New York City police officer who was shot in the face and chest while on duty two days ago died Monday, officials confirmed.


The officer, Brian Moore Cheap Jerseys China , was the first police officer killed in the line of duty since December, when two uniformed New York City police officers were ambushed in Brooklyn, also a borough of New York City.


Moore was shot when he and his fellow officer Erik Jansen sat in an unmarked car in a residential neighborhood in Queens Cheap Jerseys , one of New York City's five boroughs. The officers were reportedly trying to question a black man in his 30s, after they saw him adjust an object in his waistband.


The suspect, identified as Demetrius Blackwell Wholesale MLB Baseball Jerseys , pulled out a gun and fired several times into the vehicle. The two officers did not have a chance to get out of the car or return fire. Moore was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital, according to police sources.


Blackwell, 35 Wholesale Baseball Jerseys , who was later captured and taken into police custody, was prosecuted Sunday with two counts of charges including first-degree attempted murder. He had a history of extensive arrests.


Moore came from a family of police officers -- both his father and uncle were both retired as sergeants with the New York Police Department, according to New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio.


Mayor de Blasio conveyed his condolences to the family of Moore.


"Our hearts are heavy today as we mourn the loss of Police Officer Brian Moore Wholesale MLB Jerseys ," said Mayor De Blasio in a statement, praising Moore for his brave service and devotion to the job.


"For five years, Brian served with distinction and he put his life on the line each day to keep us all safe Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping ," said the mayor. " During this tragic time, New Yorkers must come together to support the Moore family in any way we can."




NEW DELHI， Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and over a dozen injured during clashes between locals and government forces in eastern Indian state of West Bengal， officials said Wednesday.


The clashes broke out at South 24 Parganas district during the protests by locals against land acquisition by government officials for a power project.


Villagers at Bhangar on Tuesday blocked roads and lit bonfire of used tyres to protest the construction of an electric grid station by state-owned Power Grid Corporation of India Limited， triggering clashes.


Officials said irate villagers vandalised police vehicles and set several vehicles on fire besides hurling brickbats on policemen. Police officials fired tear smoke shells and resorted to baton charging to chase the agitators.


Locals said both the villagers were killed in police firing， an allegation officials blatantly reject.


"Two people were killed during the clashes yesterday，" a local pleading anonymity said.


However， a senior police official Sunil Chowdhury was quoted by a local newspaper Indian Express saying policemen did not opened fire during clashes.


"There was no firing from the police side. A large number of police personnel have been injured following firing and bombing by the agitators，" the newspaper quotes Chowdhury as having said.


Officials blame the "outside" hand in the killing of villagers during protests.