{"id":1567930,"date":"2022-07-23T20:04:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T00:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567930"},"modified":"2022-07-23T20:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T00:04:43","slug":"man-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-n-y-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-n-y-police-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged in fatal shooting of N.Y. police officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-n-y-police-officer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567930&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2722461\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2722461\" class=\"wp-image-2722461 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/police-g6217cbee2_1280-1.jpg\" alt=\"Crime scene police tape in front of blue and red police lights at night. Image by Gerd Altmann\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/police-g6217cbee2_1280-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/police-g6217cbee2_1280-1-315x210-1.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/police-g6217cbee2_1280-1-655x437-1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/police-g6217cbee2_1280-1-768x513-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2722461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crime scene police tape in front of blue and red police lights at night. Image by Gerd Altmann<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 4:30 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 23, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>A man is charged in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Rochester, New York. Police announced 21-year-old Kelvin Vickers was charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon on Friday. Vickers entered a plea of not guilty at an arraignment Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEW?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NEW<\/a> RPD confirms this 2019 mugshot is the suspect charged with killing officer Tony Mazurkiewicz last night. This photo of Kelvin Vickers is from a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bostonherald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bostonherald<\/a> article when he faced gun charges, some of his many prior criminal charges. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/13WHAM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@13wham<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AvIxvGarnJ\">pic.twitter.com\/AvIxvGarnJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carla Rogner (@CarlaRogner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlaRogner\/status\/1550631264461459459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He was ordered to be held without bail and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 27. Authorities say Vickers walked up to an unmarked surveillance vehicle from behind and fired 17 rounds. He struck and killed officer Tony Mazurkiewicz and injured his partner Sino Seng.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday, a 29-year veteran of the Rochester Police Department, Officer Tony Mazurkiewicz, was shot and killed while on patrol. His partner was shot and wounded. Our prayers are with the family and friends of Officer Mazurkiewicz.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NeverForget?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NeverForget<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F0KXEvoFIr\">pic.twitter.com\/F0KXEvoFIr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDnews\/status\/1550605135537225729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A 15-year-old girl was also grazed by a stray bullet while inside her house nearby. Officer Seng was able to make it out of the vehicle to return fire, but Vickers was left unharmed as he fled on foot. The suspect was found an hour later hiding in a crawlspace of a vacant house near the scene.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cA loaded 9 millimeter handgun was recovered in close proximity to him in the property,\u201d said Captain Frank Umbrino. \u201cPreliminary testing at this time is indicated that this weapon used was the weapon that killed Maz, shot officer Seng and the 15-year-old girl.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Captain Frank Umbrino said the suspect has an extensive criminal background, including battery on an officer at the age of 12 and strangulation with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cYou get used to it,\u201d voiced Rubin Green, 84, who lives near where Officer Mazurkiewicz was killed. \u201cWe\u2019ve been dealing with this, losing people and it ain\u2019t stopping.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The shooting came just hours after the city enacted a state of emergency in response to an up-tick of gun violence where before the officers death Rochester recorded at least 41 homicides this year and more than 200 others that have been shot this year so far.<\/p>\n<p>Mazurkiewicz was a 29-year veteran to the force.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/pence-touts-ariz-gubernatorial-candidate-robson\/\">Pence Touts Ariz. Gubernatorial Candidate Robson<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crime scene police tape in front of blue and red police lights at night. Image by Gerd Altmann OAN NEWSROOMUPDATED 4:30 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 23, 2022 A man is charged in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Rochester, New York. 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