Cops: Barricaded man who shot NY firefighter talks to police

Police then moved to set up a perimeter, and Tyree fired two more shots.

Hayes is in stable condition at a local hospital, he said.

A gang leader with a violent past was fatally shot by police Friday on Staten Island, ending a six-hour standoff in which a firefighter was wounded and the suspect’s mother was rushed to the scene in a last-minute bid to end things peacefully.

Tyree previously served seven years in prison on assault and weapons possession convictions, according to the Daily News. New York City Fire Department Lt. James Hayes, 53, went inside to respond to the smoke and spoke apparently to Tyree, who then stopped communicating.

Garland Tyree, a high-ranking member of the Blo…

The NYPD said the suspect, 38-year-old Garland Tyree, asked to speak to his mother and several family members and even promised to surrender before gunfire erupted.

When they opened the door, they saw smoke inside and called firefighters to the scene, Boyce said.

Garland Tyree denied his involvement with Nine Trey Gangsters, despite having a “NTG” tattoo on his face.

Mayor Bill de Blasio went to Richmond University Medical Center this afternoon to visit Jim Hayes, the firefighter shot in the leg and buttock outside Tyree’s apartment.

When he did emerge, wearing a bulletproof vest, his shots struck police cars and a neighbor’s house, officials said.

PIX 11 reports that police have identified the shooting suspect as Tyree Garland, 38.

“Well, certainly at the time the fire officer was not aware of the person’s history”, Commissioner Daniel Nigro said at a news conference on Friday.

A member of the New York Fire Department walks near the scene of the standoff. He was also accused of at least two assaults while in custody – once attacking an inmate with a razor while on a correctional bus, and a second attack so brutal, the victim had to have 60 stitches. He was supposedly affiliated with gang that is a subset of the Bloods and wrote about it in a book.

Police reported that Tyree, who was the CEO and founder of Real Write Publishing LLC, a Staten Island bookstore that ships books across the country, was wanted for a federal probation violation.

In a court proceeding, Tyree denied he was still a Blood.