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ELB wrote:

WildBill wrote: ...

The ex-cop who yelled “gun” before a Long Island police officer was killed in a “friendly fire” shooting is a retired NYPD veteran who has an annoying habit of listening to scanners and racing to locations where police are called, sources said yesterday.

True or not, the knives are out for this guy...

Sources say, the knives are out for this guy.

Of course I don't know the sources, but I can't imagine how they could be someone who is not either an LEO or dispatcher. How would be be possible for anyone else to know something like this?

Even uglier, it seems that this retired LEO has a history of showing up where he is not wanted or needed.

A Nassau County police source said Cafarella, a Massapequa Park resident, then began "barking orders, even though he had no role or business being there."

"The question is, what was someone who is retired doing in the middle of not just a crime scene, but one where police just shot and killed the suspect?" another source asked. "Everything after that point is just tragedy."

The ex-cop who yelled “gun” before a Long Island police officer was killed in a “friendly fire” shooting is a retired NYPD veteran who has an annoying habit of listening to scanners and racing to locations where police are called, sources said yesterday.

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http://gothamist.com/2011/03/16/retired ... shooti.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

SeamusTx's link didn't work for me. It was subscription only. Here's another

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It seems like some more communication could have helped advert this tragedy. If the Metro Transportation Officer had called in and said that he had a rifle and was on the scene the other officers could have been notified and he might still be alive.