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Published June 7, 2024, 3:18 p.m. ET
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An NYPD public-information officer shot a driver with his service pistol during an apparent road-road
incident in south Jersey last month, authorities said.
New York City cop Hieu Tran, 27 — whose job includes snapping photos of events for the Police
Department’s social media accounts — appeared grim-faced in Manhattan court Friday, where he agreed
to extradition to the Garden State.
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Tran, of Yonkers, is accused of using his department-issued gun to shoot a male driver in an incident chemicals revealed
believed to be related to a multi-vehicle crash in Voorhees around 11:15 p.m. May 17, according to the
Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.
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He has been charged with first-degree attempted murder, second-degree aggravated assault and second-
possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, officials said.
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The NYPD said Tran — who started with the force in February 2021 and lodged just 10 busts under his
belt before landing at DCPI — was suspended without pay.
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Tran was taken into custody Thursday after “detectives utilized surveillance video, cell phone records, and
ballistics evidence to identify [him] as the individual responsible for shooting the victim during an apparent
road rage incident,’’ prosecutors said.
This Voorhees, NJ, intersection was the scene of an alleged road-rage shooting involving an off-duty NYPD cop.
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“Ballistics evidence collected from the scene was ultimately linked to Tran’s department-issued firearm.”
The cop was expected to be driven to New Jersey on Friday afternoon to face the music there.
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Horace Mann
1 hour ago
How many "public information officers" (i.e. spokesmen) does the gov't need? It seems like
gov't bureaucracy has one (or more). Those guys generally provide disinformation , by the
ay. What, is the head of the Sanitation department too busy making political speeches that he
spare a few ...
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HAROLD DE LANCEY
1 hour ago
Less than three years on job and he landed a spot with DCPI unit smells like DEI
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DJ1718
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If true, this is horrific.
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JF
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Why does a social media manager need a gun?
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John Bonham
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why does NYPD need a social media manager?
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