Two New York police officers have been shot dead by a gunman who then killed himself, officials said.
The officers were killed without warning on Saturday as they sat in their patrol car in Brooklyn, Police Commissioner William Bratton told a news conference, flanked by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“Although we’re still learning the details, it’s clear that this was an assassination, that these officers were shot execution style,” said de Blasio.
Bratton named the gunman as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, and said he fled into a nearby metro station after the shooting and died there from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
