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Joshua Cooper
Gender : Male
Age : 31
Race : Black
Date : 09/18/2021
Location : 1440 Utica Avenue
City : Brooklyn
County : Kings
State : New York
Agency : U.S. Park Police
Officer(s) :Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Not disclosed
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On September 18, 2021, at approximately 3:20 a.m., an off-duty U.S. Park Police officer and a female companion were confronted by a group of four individuals, allegedly led by John Shortt, as they left a nightclub near 1440 Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Shortt and another man wearing a balaclava reportedly approached the officer and his companion and pointed a handgun at them.
The officer drew his own weapon and fired, striking Shortt. Two other individuals, identified as Tyshawn Whidbee and Joshua Cooper, then approached from another direction. Whidbee allegedly pulled out a gun and began firing at the officer and the woman, hitting both of them. The officer fatally shooting Cooper.
SOURCE LINKS :
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/nyregion/brooklyn-robbery-off-duty-officer-shooting.html
• https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/off-duty-park-police-officer-shot-multiple-times-in-brooklyn-robbery/3267838/
• https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-off-duty-cop-shooting-robbery-utica-avenue-20210918-3oyrwe7z4rafdg7nbwskwrff2u-story.html
