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From CNN: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7163491
TIMES SQUARE (WABC) -- Police pursuing a suspect shot and killed a man who they say fired on them in the Times Square area.
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne says the suspect was killed in a passenger dropoff area at the Marriott Marquis hotel.
The shooting happened in a very busy area, filled with shoppers and tourists, near West 46th Street and Broadway just before 11:30 a.m.
According to officials, an undercover officer was dealing with illegal peddlers in Times Square.
When the officer approached two peddlers, one of them took off running and a chase ensued.
The sergeant pursued, and the man turned and fired with a Mac-10 machine pistol that held 30 rounds; he got off two shots before it jammed, Browne said, shattering the glass window at a Broadway gift shop.
The officer returned fire, police said, hitting the suspect several times.
The suspect was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
He was later identified as Raymond Martinez, 25, of the Bronx.
Martinez had been wanted for assault in the Bronx, but the officer approached him because he was recognized as an aggressive panhandler, authorities said. There were 27 live rounds left in his gun recovered at the scene, authorities said.
The officer was apparently not wounded, but was being treated for trauma. He was assigned to an Operation Impact zone in the Midtown South Precinct.
A Marriott spokeswoman said that the shooting did not involve any hotel employees or guests. She said police were on site conducting their investigation.
(Copyright ©2009 WABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
TIMES SQUARE (WABC) -- Police pursuing a suspect shot and killed a man who they say fired on them in the Times Square area.
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne says the suspect was killed in a passenger dropoff area at the Marriott Marquis hotel.
The shooting happened in a very busy area, filled with shoppers and tourists, near West 46th Street and Broadway just before 11:30 a.m.
According to officials, an undercover officer was dealing with illegal peddlers in Times Square.
When the officer approached two peddlers, one of them took off running and a chase ensued.
The sergeant pursued, and the man turned and fired with a Mac-10 machine pistol that held 30 rounds; he got off two shots before it jammed, Browne said, shattering the glass window at a Broadway gift shop.
The officer returned fire, police said, hitting the suspect several times.
The suspect was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
He was later identified as Raymond Martinez, 25, of the Bronx.
Martinez had been wanted for assault in the Bronx, but the officer approached him because he was recognized as an aggressive panhandler, authorities said. There were 27 live rounds left in his gun recovered at the scene, authorities said.
The officer was apparently not wounded, but was being treated for trauma. He was assigned to an Operation Impact zone in the Midtown South Precinct.
A Marriott spokeswoman said that the shooting did not involve any hotel employees or guests. She said police were on site conducting their investigation.
(Copyright ©2009 WABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
