NYPD Officer Accused Of Fatally Shooting Her Ex-Girlfriend’s New Lover, Wounding Ex

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An NYPD serviceman is facing execution charges aft constabulary accidental a emotion triangle turned deadly.

Police said 31-year-old Yvonne Wu, a five-year seasoned of the force, was lying successful hold astatine her ex-girlfriend’s home successful Brooklyn erstwhile she changeable her ex and the ex’s caller lover, CBS2’s Jessica Moore reported Thursday.

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New video shows the chaos triggered erstwhile constabulary accidental a scorned person snapped.

“It was 2 shots and I person ne'er ever successful each the years I’ve lived present seen thing similar this successful my life,” neighbour Pat Santi said.

Cellphone video shows Wu being frisked by chap constabulary officers Wednesday evening.

Wu was off-duty erstwhile she allegedly changeable and wounded her ex-girlfriend and killed 24-year-old Jamie Liang, her ex’s caller girlfriend, according to detectives. Multiple 911 calls came successful reporting shots fired wrong a location astatine the country of 19th Avenue and 79th Street successful Bensonhurst, Brooklyn astatine astir 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The deadly brushwood has the assemblage connected edge. “I can’t judge it. It’s awful,” 1 pistillate told Moore.

WCBS-TV learned Wu and her ex broke up past month. “I saw them each the clip together,” said Jeanette Vargas, a neighbor. “Just similar anyone else, you tin travel location and find your person oregon idiosyncratic with idiosyncratic other and you snap. So I don’t deliberation it had thing to bash that she was a constabulary officer.”

“How galore breakups person you had successful your lifetime? You gonna spell and termination the person? You’d similar to, but you don’t instrumentality a 9mm and sprout them,” added Santi.

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Valerie Wades said she watched arsenic paramedics tried desperately, but unsuccessfully, to prevention Liang. “The ambulances came and took 2 victims retired and they were doing huffy thorax compressions,” Wades said.

Police sources told WCBS-TV’s John Dias that the deadly brushwood whitethorn person been premeditated. Sources said Wu waited wrong her ex-girlfriend’s home, which they shared astatine 1 time. When she returned with Liang, Wu allegedly fired disconnected aggregate rounds.

“It’s a precise bully accidental it is her work weapon,” said NYPD Assistant Chief Michael Kemper.. “One female, a 24-year-old, was recovered lying successful the surviving country country and the 2nd female, a 23-year-old, was recovered lying connected the level successful the bedroom.”

Police said Wu admitted to the shooting close away. “I would picture her arsenic calm and corporate and precise forthcoming,” said Kemper.

“Never successful a cardinal years did I deliberation it was a bull who was the shooter. She conscionable seemed truthful detached. Everyone other was successful hyper-drive and she was conscionable truthful calm,” Wades said.

Police said Wu’s ex-girlfriend is successful unchangeable condition, but her injuries are serious.

Sources said Wu and her ex had remained successful touch, but their post-relationship connection was “confrontational.”

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The authorities Attorney General’s Office is handling the lawsuit since it is considered a police-involved shooting.