Police say an off-duty officer, alongside a relative, arranged to meet a seller in Brooklyn on Saturday to buy a car advertised on Facebook marketplace. The suspect then displayed a gun and announced a robbery. Gunfire was exchanged, and the officer was struck. He now remains in critical condition.
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The woods deep in the forest is a very safe place to do transactions like these.
This is so sad, I hope this man recover and they catch the perpetrator that did this, this is something that I will never go through cuz I understand the world we're live in and the people I'm sharing this planet with, people there are some wicked evil people on this planet, be aware of that.. please, our prayers goes out for this man and his family and love one's❤️🕊️👌💯
Lord please help this officer. Thank you.
That's why I never sell or buy online to meet up with someone I don't know. Never.
once again no description of the shooter? I wonder why
It’s safe unless you are in New York !
If a country doesn't look after its people, Crime will rise.
I told my teenage son that it wasn't safe to buy a car off of a page with a personal seller , he took that a wasn't happy for him smh ima send this video to him him
I stopped using face to face private sale platforms since the crazy days of Craigslist. Too many criddlers waiting to rob you. Not worth it. I only sell through mail order or third party intermediaries.
If he's a white American I don't feel bad
Facebook does NOT verify sellers! I did one purchase there and I got scammed.
Brooklyn.
Well that's your first problem right there. Hopefully he recovers.
Carry a gun to all transactions
When I was younger. I always had backup when buying cars and didn’t carry the cash on my person. I always had it dropped off once I was comfortable.
I'm not gonna act surprise it's happening everywhere but I guarantee that cop was acting like a cop in response and got shot cuz of it.
avoidable
Cop tried to rob them
People on OfferUp an Facebook marketplace or Craig list go to a place where there people … Not your home ….. Idk why think it's safe it's not don't meet up at ur home .. praying just praying
That robber is a dead man walking.
“If this can happen to an officer,it can happen to anyone”…..🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
The fact the guys day job is as a police officer has literally NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS STORY!!!! He didn’t go there in his patrol car and in uniform FFS 🤷♂️
Pretty sure it’s all because of white supremacy.
Rules should be followed to stay safe, meet during the day in a public spot. Tell someone about the meeting. Check seller ratings and never buy from sellers with new accounts. Hope this officer recovers and get back to his family soon 😢
It’s one in a few hundred thousand.
They should release photos of the seller so if someone sees him they can shoot him dead.
“If this could happen to an officer this could happen anyone” reality check buddy this has been happening for a long time now. You only wanted to enforce it now cause it happened to an officer
Short memory. It seems few remember the Craig's List killings. Seller/buyer beware.
It can happen to anyone? Da
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You have to be very stupid to buy anything of from these places meeting with strangers like this is not worth it
📜🕯📖🙏🙏🏻🙏🙏
Wow wtf?? Never buy a car on Facebook Market place this how u get set up" prayers for the officer and his family
"If this could happen to an officer it could happen to anyone". IT DOES DAILY. I don't recall intensive manhunts when anyone else gets robbed or shot.
Never bring cash to a large purchase. Insist on using a cashier's check.
Here in my city (Edmonton, Canada) the police have made a space available outside one of their police stations for these kinds of things. They don't have an officer outside monitoring this but I'm sure there are cameras and of course just a short run into the station to report any wrongdoing. Not many criminals want to spend time just outside the front door of a cop shop.
Black ppl are the onces committed most of these crimes.
in the head? He didn't die?
GOOD!!
Waking up to bad news I lost 1$ walking to the store today..
They should start doing decoys under those platforms tooo!!!! And put them under blast with big items.
Dam dog, never draw from the drop!! He could have just let him take the car, get him later with the boys. RIP, prayers for the family. 😢
Yeah next time I’ll ask them meet me at the police station if they don’t wanna come then they’re up to no good.
As much as all the cops been showing their butts I won't be losing sleep over it. He prob was the antagonist in the whole event..
Black males are so unpredictable and dangerous, it might even be worth avoiding them at all costs.
Street sales are Dangerous
Funny how if a cop gets shot it's a tragedy, but when a cop shoots a person it's the victims fault. Pfft