Brooklyn - Police Offficer Shot and Killed 12-12-11

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Date: 12/12/11

Time:around 0220 hours

Location: Pine and Euclid Avenue

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Units Operating: 75 Pct, ESU, boro task forces

Weather Conditions: cold and clear

Description Of Incident: MOS shot in face, as of 0230 hours, being removed by EMS with escort. Blood bank notified to be on stand by. MOS condition is likely from reports. One subject in custody, and one subject still at large. Level 3 mobilization called by the 75 LT. Details to follow as I get them.

New York City police say the officer shot in the face shot while responding to a break-in at a Brooklyn apartment has died.

Officer Peter Figoski was at the bottom of a staircase leading from the street to the basement apartment early Monday. Police say he was hit once. He was pronounced dead at 7:17 a.m.

Reporters/Writer: GrumpyFF