NYPD chief describes crime scene ‘mayhem’ as gunman killed four in Manhattan skyscraper shooting
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NYPD chief describes crime scene ‘mayhem’ as gunman killed four in Manhattan skyscraper shooting
NYPD Chief of Department John Chell has been on the force for over 30 years. He said the “mayhem” from Monday’s Midtown Manhattan shooting now ranks among the worst he’s ever seen. Four people were killed, including NYPD officer and father of two, Didarul Islam. Chell said the crime scene was “horrible,” but he indicated the timing could have been worse. “Thank God this didn’t happen a half hour earlier,” he said. “They had safe rooms, they practiced [for these situations]. The crime scene, the video, in three decades of doing this, it was just horrible”
NYPD Chief of Department John Chell has been on the force for over 30 years, but the “mayhem” from Monday’s Midtown Manhattan shooting now ranks among the worst he’s ever seen.
“I was down there in 20 minutes as the incident commander, and… We [had] casualties in the lobby, one of our own – Officer Islam,” he said Wednesday on “Fox & Friends.”
“We got a mom executive dead. We have a security guard who fought but lost his life. We have an NFL employee who was shot but tried to call his friends up in the NFL. We had [the perpetrator’s] car in front… we thought there might be explosives in there. A 44-story building, people running out. This is not normal, and I got cops trying to negotiate, calls coming in to people trapped, a shooter up on the 33rd floor. It was just mayhem.”
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Though Chell went on to describe the crime scene as “horrible,” he indicated the timing could have been worse.
“Thank God this didn’t happen a half hour earlier,” he said.
“There were minimal people up in Rudin Management… They had safe rooms, they practiced [for these situations].
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“The first floor, the security guard who lost his life, he had the recall button for the elevators. These things happen so fast… but when [the gunman] gets to the top floor, he sees a maid who’s been there for years…
“She’s just cleaning up, doing her job, and then… he’s firing AR-15 rounds at her, and thank God she got away… and then we had the employee that was at a cubicle that lost her life – a young, rising star in that department. The crime scene, the video, in three decades of doing this, it was just horrible.”