Jose Gautreaux identified as NYPD lieutenant shot in Bronx precinct house
By Tina Moore and Craig McCarthy
New York Post
February 9, 2020
The Bronx lieutenant who was shot in the arm by a brazen cop-hating gunman has been identified as Jose Gautreaux, according to police sources.
The lieutenant was shot just before 8 a.m. when a gunman walked into the 41st Precinct house in Hunts Point on Sunday. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital where he was expected to be OK.
The 15-year veteran’s gunshot wounds “narrowly missed” any vital structures and he is expected to make a full recovery, NYPD officials said.
Cops swarmed the gunman — who could be seen surrendering to police after diving behind a desk in a dramatic series of videos from the lobby of the station house — and was taken into custody.
Police sources identified the man as Robert Williams, who has had multiple run-ins with the law, including a homicide accusation.
The shooter was believed to be the same man who ambushed another 41st Precinct cop while he sat in a marked police van in the Bronx Saturday night — less than 12 hours earlier.
Gautreaux was promoted to lieutenant in June 2018 after being a sergeant for seven years.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Williams is said to have fired multiple rounds into the marked police van occupied by officers Paul Stroffolino, 31, and Brian Hanlon, 33, wounding one of the officers before running away on foot.
Williams has a long rap sheet. He was arrested on murder charges in 1992 and 2002 and was paroled from prison in 2017 after an attempted murder conviction. At the time of the shootings, he was out on bail for a weapon possession charge.
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Trump slams Cuomo, de Blasio ‘weak leadership’ over Bronx police shootings
By Mark Moore
New York Post
February 9, 2020
President Trump slammed Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio for “weak leadership” after two cops were shot in the Bronx this weekend.
“I grew up in New York City and, over many years, got to watch how GREAT NYC’s ‘Finest’ are. Now, because of weak leadership at Governor & Mayor, stand away (water thrown at them) regulations, and lack of support, our wonderful NYC police are under assault,” Trump wrote on Twitter Sunday. “Stop this now!”
The president’s posting comes just hours after a gunman walked into the 41st Precinct in the Bronx and began blasting away.
NYPD officers took the man into custody after he slid his gun away and surrendered.
Just hours earlier, an on-duty NYPD officer sitting with his partner in a marked patrol van near the Hunts Point Avenue subway station in the 41st precinct was shot in the face Saturday night by a gunman who fled the scene.
Commissioner Dermot Shea said the officer, who survived but is hospitalized, was targeted.
“Let me be very clear: this was an assassination attempt of two New York city police officers,” Shea said.
Police believe the gunman in both instances may be the same person.
Shea brushed off a question about Trump’s tweet.
“I’m not getting into that. This is about our officers,” he said Sunday.
Last summer, numerous scofflaws doused cops with water across the city.
Trump has been feuding with Cuomo and de Blasio after his administration banned New Yorkers from enrolling in its Trusted Traveler Programs because of a state law that gives drivers’ licenses to illegal immigrants.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mr. President, don’t forget to add Roger Goodell and Jay Z for their NFL cop-hating PSAs which inspire attacks on the police.
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It just doesn't seem like things are improving in New York.
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