U.S. Marshals released from Jacobi
Heroes greeting with a standing ovation following Edenwald shootout
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Two U.S. Marshals and
an NYPD offi cer have been
discharged from Jacobi Hospital
with a standing ovation
from New York’s fi nest and
other law enforcement after
being injured in a deadly
shootout in the north Bronx
last week.
Upon being wheeled out
of the hospital with nonlife
threatening injuries,
the offi cers were treated to a
line of cheers, bagpipes and
support from fellow NYPD,
state police and other blue
bloods in the borough.
The shootout happened
at about 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 4
at an Ely Avenue home near
Edenwald Avenue, where
members of the U.S. Marshals
New York/New Jersey
Regional Task Force came
to execute an arrest warrant
for the suspect connected to
the shooting of a Massachusetts
state trooper.
Cops said the suspect was
uncooperative and opened
fi re on the law enforcement
agents, who returned fi re.
The suspect later died at Jacobi
Medical Center.
The injured deputy marshals
and police offi cer were
treated at Jacobi Hospital
at time, multiple media
outlets reported.
According to federal
sources, one of the marshals
was hit in the arm
and the other agent was
struck in arm and leg the
leg. The NYPD offi cer was
struck in the leg.
Citing law enforcement
sources, media outlets
identifi ed the dead suspect
as Andre K. Sterling,
whom the U.S. Marshals
were pursuing in connection
with the Nov. 22 shooting
of a Massachusetts
State Police trooper during
a routine traffi c stop
in Hyannis. The offi cer,
Trooper John Lennon, in
that incident was shot in
the hand and treated for
his injuries.
A U.S. Marshal leaves Jacobi Hospital in stable condition following a lethal shootout in the north Bronx.
Photo courtesy of John Doyle
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