Legit or media hype? "armed with a fully automatic AK-47"

[Solaran_X]

http://news.yahoo.com/latest-nyc-fir...184341102.html

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on the attempted arrest of an armed gang member and the subsequent shooting of a firefighter (all times local):

3:25 p.m.

Authorities say a wanted New York City gang member who died in a gunfight with police after a six-hour standoff was armed with a fully automatic AK-47.

The New York Police Department's top hostage negotiator says Garland Tyree agreed to surrender Friday after speaking by phone with his mother.

But Lt. Jack Cambria says the 38-year-old ex-convict emerged from a Staten Island home firing the weapon. Officers then returned fire, killing him.

At about 5:45 a.m., a U.S. Marshals task force tried to arrest Tyree on a warrant for violating parole. But officials say he refused to open the door and smoke emerged from the apartment.

They say a responding firefighter was shot and injured.

Officials say Tyree wrote in a Facebook post shortly after the standoff began: "Today I die."

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2:30 p.m.

Fire Department of New York officials have identified the fire lieutenant who was shot and injured by a wanted gang member at the start of a six-hour standoff that ended in the ex-convict's death.

The fire lieutenant was identified Friday as 53-year-old James S. Hayes. He was shot in the left calf and buttocks.

Authorities say Garland Tyree was to be arrested for violating parole early Friday when he set a fire at his girlfriend's Staten Island home.

Tyree barricaded himself in the home and was killed in a gunfight with police.

Authorities say his mother was flown by helicopter from Delaware to Staten Island and spoke on the phone with Tyree during the standoff. They say he told her he would go outside just before he came out firing an assault rifle.

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1:15 p.m.

An armed gang member who shot a New York City firefighter has died in a gunfight with police following a six-hour standoff.

Two police officials tell The Associated Press that Garland Tyree died after opening fire on officers surrounding the two-family home he barricaded himself into early Friday.

The officials weren't permitted to discuss the case ahead of a scheduled mayoral press conference and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Officials say a federal task force had attempted to arrest Tyree for violating parole when they noticed smoke coming from the Staten Island home. They say the 38-year-old then shot a responding fire lieutenant twice. He's in stable condition.

Police negotiators spoke with Tyree for hours. It wasn't immediately clear if he was killed by police or himself.

— Associated Press writer Jake Pearson in New York contributed to this report.

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10:40 a.m.

Authorities say a suspected gang member accused of shooting a New York City firefighter twice has barricaded himself inside a house but is communicating with police.

Police and fire officials say a U.S. Marshals regional task force was to arrest Garland Tyree on federal parole violation charges early Friday when he apparently set fire to a Staten Island home.

When firefighters responded, they say, the 38-year-old Tyree fired an assault rifle, striking a Fire Department of New York lieutenant in the calf and buttocks. He's in stable condition at a hospital.

Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says officers are in touch with Tyree, his family and girlfriend. He says Tyree has been on parole since last summer.

His attorney declined to comment. Court documents show he has previously violated parole.

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8 a.m.

Authorities say a New York City firefighter was shot in the leg by a man who barricaded himself inside a house, then set fire to it while authorities were trying to serve a warrant.

U.S. Marshals arrived at the 2-story apartment house in the Mariners Harbor section of Staten Island shortly before 6 a.m. Police say the man then set a fire and started shooting.

A 54-year-old firefighter who responded to the blaze was struck in the lower leg. He was taken to an area hospital in stable condition.

No other shots were fired. Police say the gunman was believed to be the only person inside the house.

A hostage negotiating team and other emergency personnel are on the scene.

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[Qtrborecrazy]

New York media, BS..

[PocketProtector]

Impossible, you can only have seven rounds there, ask Cuomo.

[abner13]

Ya always hear how easy it is to convert an AK or AR to full auto with just a paper clip.

And everybody knows you can buy conversion kits at any gun show!

[Klyde]

Impossible, you can only have seven rounds there, ask Cuomo.

This was on Staten Island, one of the boroughs of NYC. You are only permitted five rounds in a NYC rifle, not, Cuomo's generous seven.

[Solaran_X]

Didn't some judge overturn the 7 round limit as some "arbitrarily chosen number of rounds" (as if 10 rounds isn't equally arbitrarily chosen)?

[Klyde]

Didn't some judge overturn the 7 round limit as some "arbitrarily chosen number of rounds" (as if 10 rounds isn't equally arbitrarily chosen)?

Correct, for the western district of NY State.
The decision is thought to apply everywhere in the state, but NYC.
Some experts believe seven, still, applies to state enforcement outside the western district of NY.

[Jhaydeno]

Either. 5,7, or 10, I doubt this guy was allowed to own a gun in any state. It sounds like he was on at least a years parole, which leads me to believe his sentence was at least two years which means ....


Gun laws only work for law abiding citizens (who really don't need them)

[pennlineman]

If this were a story about someone legally defending themselves with an AK you'd never heard of it. The media, in an effort to demonize anything firearm related is quick to throw anything out there that accomplishes just that. The truth be damned because they're not held accountable for their actions so it continues on and on with the story line becoming less and less meaningful as the hype dies down. Never the less, the damage has been done regardless of the accuracy of the reporting and the mission is accomplished. These people are as much to blame for the fall of this country as the crooked politicians they work with.