New York police officer shot Saturday dies from injuries

Officer had been in a coma since the night he was shot

Photo released by the New York City Police Department shows officer Brian Moore, 25 (AP)

A New York Police Department officer who was shot in the head Saturday has died from his injuries.

Officer Brian Moore, 25, had been in a coma since Saturday night when he went into surgery after being shot in the head while sitting in an unmarked police car in the New York borough of Queens. He died on Monday.

Mr Moore was sitting with his partner, Erik Jansen, in the undercover vehicle on Saturday when 35-year-old Demetrius Blackwell allegedly walked by, adjusting something in the waistband of his pants.

The New York Post reports that Mr Moore asked Mr Blackwell, “Do you have something in your waist?”

Mr Blackwell allegedly responded, “Yeah, I got something” before allegedly firing a number of shots at the two officers, striking Mr Moore. The suspect has been arrested and charged with attempted murder, though the NYPD is expected to bump that charge to murder.

Officer Moore had been on the NYPD for five years and comes from a family of police officers, according to PIX 11. His father and uncle are retired NYPD sergeants, and his cousin is also an NYPD officer.

NYPD has not given a statement on Officer Moore’s death, but Commissioner Bill Bratton is expected to speak from the hospital in Queens later Monday. This story will be updated at that time.

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