Cop Shot 3 Times, Asks `Why? CITY Edition

[Michael Sierra], 29, also was taken to Bellevue Hospital, and as doctors tended to his wounds, Sierra asked them, "Why did he do this?" according to Dr. Gene Coppa, the emergency-room surgeon. Sierra was on scooter patrol in the 90th Precinct in Brooklyn shortly before noon, when he spott...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author By Karen Freifeld, Rita Giordano, and David
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 04.10.1990
EditionCombined editions
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Reyes, Roberto
Sierra, Michael
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Summary:[Michael Sierra], 29, also was taken to Bellevue Hospital, and as doctors tended to his wounds, Sierra asked them, "Why did he do this?" according to Dr. Gene Coppa, the emergency-room surgeon. Sierra was on scooter patrol in the 90th Precinct in Brooklyn shortly before noon, when he spotted a gold-colored, four-door car with an expired and partially removed registration sticker near the intersection of Catherine and Graham Streets in Williamsburg. After [Roberto Reyes] and Sierra exchanged gunfire, Reyes ran through the apartment building, dropped the gun in the grass and tried to escape through the backyard into a building on the next street, at 341 Meserole St.