New York off-duty cop shot during attempted robbery dies
Officer Adeed Fayaz shot while trying to buy used car
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The New York City police officer who was shot while off-duty during an attempted robbery has died, authorities said.
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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}NYPD Officer Adeed Fayaz was shot and killed over the weekend during an attempted robbery while he was off-duty. He died Tuesday, authorities said. (NYPD )
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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities said that they identified the woman who owned the car and determined she was the mother of the alleged gunman.
NYPD officer shooting suspect Randy Jones (NYPD)
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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Detectives used Fayaz's handcuffs to arrest Jones.
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Patrick Lynch, president of the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York, tore into state legislators during a news briefing Saturday alongside city officials.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It has to end," he said. "We can't keep going to hospital emergency rooms and asking for prayers. Yes, we need prayers, but we need more. We need our legislators to sit down now, understand that they were wrong."