(Washington Times) An off-duty officer with the New York Police Department got drunk Tuesday night and fired his gun 13 times at a complete stranger who was stopped at a traffic light, police said.
Officer Brendan Cronin, 27, has been charged with assault in the first degree after he randomly opened fire on Joe “The Truck” Felice, 47, while the two were stopped at the light in Pelham, Westchester, the New York Post reported.
The victim was hit six times, suffering wounds to his lungs, arms and torso. He is in stable condition at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
