NYPD PO Brian Mulkeen killed
by friendly fi re in Edenwald
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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, O BTR CTOBER 4-10, 2019 3
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Tragedy struck in the
Bronx when NYPD police offi -
cer Brian Mulkeen was killed
by friendly fi re during a struggle
with a suspect at the Edenwald
Houses on Sunday evening,
September 29.
The 33-year-old-Mulkeen
was assigned to the Bronx
Borough Anti-Crime Unit
and was assisting the department’s
Housing Service Area
8 within the 47th Precinct the
night of the incident, according
to the NYPD.
Present for a gang related
investigation, Mulkeen and
two fellow offi cers went to
question a suspect, later identifi
ed as Binghampton, NY
ex-con Antonio Lavance Williams.
Upon confrontation Williams
fl ed on foot with Mulkeen
and his partner in pursuit.
A violent struggle ensued
on the ground, the NYPD
said.
Fellow offi cers then fi red
their weapons, hitting both
Mulkeen and Williams, killing
both the offi cer and suspect.
Mulkeen was quickly
transported to Jacobi Hospital
but could not be resuscitated,
the police confi rmed on Monday,
September 30.
Previous reports indicated
that Mulkeen was shot
by Williams, who was reaching
for the offi cer’s gun while
in possession of a .32 caliber
revolver, according to the
NYPD and published radio
transmissions of the struggle.
“He’s reaching for it, he’s
reaching for it!” were some of
Slain NYPD Offi cer Brian Mulkeen.
NYPD
police offi cer Mulkeen’s fi nal
words before the fatal shots
were fi red.
Williams, 27-year-old, was
on probation until 2022 for a
narcotics-related arrest last
year, the NYPD reported.
He also had several prior
arrests in various places, including
a burglary conviction
in Rockland County.
Mulkeen lived in Yorktown
Heights and during his college
years was a track star at
Fordham University. He had a
girlfriend that was an NYPD
member assigned to the 44th
Precinct.
Shortly after graduating
FU with a Business degree, he
decided to leave the fi nancial
sector to join the NYPD.
As of press time there
have not been any memorials
planned for police offi cer
Mulkeen besides his wake
and funeral, which were held
in northern Weschester this
week.
The NYPD explained that
the Edenwald Houses are still
an active crime scene, which
my explain why there have
not been any comemerations
planned yet.
Many Bronx offi cials
sounded off on the tragedy
that unfurled at the NYCHA
complex that Sunday.
Borough President Ruben
Diaz, Jr. took to Twitter expressing
his condolences to
Mulkeen’s loved ones.
“Please keep the family
and friends of PO Mulkeen
in your thoughts,” Diaz said.
“Very sad, rest in peace,” he
continued.
Meanwhile, Councilman
Andy King shared very adamant
thoughts about a police
offi cer being killed in his district
as well.
“It has been another sad
night in the Bronx as we
mourn the loss of another
life. A police offi cer was shot
and killed in the line of duty.
Where does this senseless violence
end?” King sadly questioned.
The commanding offi cer
of PSA 8, Captain Keiyon S.
Ramsey also shared his somber
thoughts on the shooting
of police offi cer Mulkeen.
“This hurts me personally
and immensely for reasons
only those present can understand,”
he said.
“To our beloved warriors in
NYPD Bronx Borough Crime
and the family of the fi nest of
our fi nest, Brian Mulkeen, we
suffer alongside you,” the captain
concluded.
Police offi cers from the 47th Precinct responded to the shooting. Photo by Edwin Soto
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