"The man who allegedly ambushed and shot two NYPD officers — one fatally — in Harlem Friday is a convicted felon who was on probation at the time, authorities said.
Lashawn McNeil, 47, was shot in the head and arm by a third officer as he tried to flee, and was hospitalized in critical condition Friday night, NYPD Chief of detectives James Essig said at a press conference.
- The alleged gunman was on probation for a 2003 felony narcotics conviction in New York City, Essig said.
- ...In 1998, he was arrested in South Carolina for unlawful possession of a weapon. The matter was later dismissed, records show.
- McNeil was then busted for assaulting a police officer in Pennsylvania in 2002, Essig said.
- In 2003, he was arrested twice in Pennsylvania, once on a felony drug charge and also on a misdemeanor narcotics charge...Read all.
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