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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Jul 7, 2014, 01:37 PM Jul 2014

Cop injured by bike thrown from fifth-story apartment in Brooklyn [View all]

BY JOE STEPANSKY , RIKKI REYNA , ALFRED NG NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

A 25-year-old cop was seriously injured Sunday in Brooklyn when he was struck by a children’s bike thrown from a fifth-floor window, police said.

Police were responding to a call of shots fired in Crown Heights around 2 a.m. when debris began raining down on them from an apartment building, cops said.

One officer was left with a deep gash in his head when he was struck by the pink Barbie bicycle tossed from 959 St. Marks Ave.

The cop was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where doctors closed the wound with staples, cops said. Three other cops went to the hospital with minor injuries from the bike.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/injured-bike-thrown-apartment-article-1.1856556

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Cop injured by bike thrown from fifth-story apartment in Brooklyn [View all] hrmjustin Jul 2014 OP

What a headline. I read it to mean he'd been struck by a bike, then thrown from 5th floor apartment. uppityperson Jul 2014 #1

Imagine having a bile fall on your head. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #2

Thank heavens it wasn't a child thrown out the window. Sounds like the guy that tossed it Mnemosyne Jul 2014 #3

Sad but weird story. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #4