VIDEO: Fleeing Drug Suspect Dies After New York City Police Officer Knocks Him Off Motorcycle with Cooler – Cop is Suspended Following Incident
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Bronx, New York – Some will call this police officer’s alert reaction heroic while others may say he was completely out of line.
The New York Daily News reported Thursday that a motorcycle-riding drug suspect named Eric Duprey died after a New York Police Department (NYPD) sergeant tossed a cooler he grabbed from a local family’s sidewalk table at him, knocking him off his bike. Duprey was fleeing a Bronx buy-and-bust drug sting at the time.
Following the incident, the NYPD announced that Sgt. Erik Duran, an NYPD Bronx narcotics veteran who joined the force in 2010, was suspended without pay just hours after the lethal afternoon encounter.
The NYPD also said the New York Attorney General’s office was leading the investigation into this incident with their assistance.
