Officer Adeed Fayaz had been hospitalized in grave condition since the shooting Saturday.
His alleged killer was arrested while hiding in a Rockland County hotel, Fox New York reported. Randy Jones, from Brooklyn, has not yet been interviewed because he did not have a lawyer, the news outlet said. Charges against him are pending.
Fayaz, 26, a husband and a father of two young children, was shot Saturday night while with his brother-in-law. The pair went to meet someone who listed a Honda Pilot for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $24,000. When they got there, Jones reportedly asked, “Are you guys carrying a gun?” Both men answered, “No.”
Police said that Jones put Fayaz in a headlock and pointed a gun at his head while demanding cash. When Fayaz broke free, Jones allegedly fired and struck the officer in the head. Jones then fled the scene on foot before getting into a BMW.
Jones was later seen getting out of the car at a Department of Sanitation facility in Upper Manhattan and into a car with a woman and five children.
That car was traced to a Days Inn in Nanuet, New York, 50 miles north of Brooklyn, police said.
Jones was found on the second floor of the hotel with the woman and children, who ranged from 6 months to 11 years old. The woman was questioned but not charged.
Detectives used Fayaz’s handcuffs to arrest Jones.
Source ( Fox News)
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