New York City firefighter shot while responding to blaze

By the time the dust settled, the man had shot a firefighter in the leg, detonated a smoke grenade in his home, and unleashed a barrage of bullets with an assault rifle, cops said. When Hayes made contact with Tyree, he opened fire on Hayes with what was later discovered to be a fully automatic AK-47.

Minutes before, Rosanne Purcell had talked with her son by telephone from a special police van. So Mr. Hayes entered the apartment to check on Tyree, Mr. Nigro said, and was then shot by him.

Authorities say his mother was flown by helicopter from Delaware to Staten Island and spoke on the phone with Tyree during the standoff.

A search warrant was being executed at 15 Destiny Ct.by federal agents when the man started a fire. New York City Police mill about the scene of standoff, Friday, August 14, 2015, in the Staten Island borough of New York.

“Our officers immediately returned fire”, Widon said.

The Facebook page police believe belonged to the suspect is listed as belonging to a man named “Garland Tyree”. Police fired back, and Tyree was found dead behind the apartment. He’s in stable condition at a hospital.

Mayor de Blasio was on calls with both Fire Commissioner Nigro and Police Commissioner Bratton about the situation on Staten Island throughout the morning, starting at 7 a.m., and he continued receiving multiple updates until he departed for Staten Island.

“The officers at this scene were exemplary today, despite the outcome”, he added.

Garland Tyree, a high-ranking member of the Bloods street gang who was to be arrested o… She arrived just before noon, and Tyree talked with his mother and said he would put his gun down and surrender. But a lawyer who represented him on a 2004 federal weapons conviction for which he was sentenced to 10 years said Tyree was “a really smart young man who’s never caught a break”. “His firefighter family is here for him”. Real Write Publishing is “dedicated to bringing you realistic Urban Fiction, filled with action, drama and most of all thought provoking material”.

Kellman said Tyree, who had been on probation since last summer, would do anything to avoid returning to prison.