The French Connection

A New York City Police Detective chased and killed a suspected assassin from 35th St. Station to the 15th Street Station at 4:08 p.m. Sunday. The suspected killed three people and one car was damaged by the officer during the chase.
Officer Doyle went after the sniper, Pierre Jeantot, after shots were fired in his direction. The suspect hopped on the train to escape while Officer Doyle followed the direction of the train in a witness’ car.
“I did not know what was going on,” said Margaret Johnson, a woman who was almost hit by the speeding car Officer Doyle was driving. “I was scared that he was going to hit me and my baby.”
According to the police report, Jeantot high jacked the train causing it to fly through stops.
“I knew something was wrong when the train didn’t stop at my stop,” said Betty Lou.
Another witness saw the action on the train with Jeantot where he shot an officer and a conductor.
“My first instinct when I heard the shots were to run the opposite direction, but I am noisy so I followed the officer along with other passengers to the last cabin,” said Lou. “He shot the conductor then that is when I ran the other direction.”
The train rammed into a parked train, and Officer Doyle had the opportunity to catch Jeantot when he tried to leave the scene. Officer Doyle spotted Jeantot and immediately shot him in the back.
“Although we would have like the suspect to be brought in for questioning, his last resort was to shoot him,” said NYC Police Chief, Morgan Freeman. “He did the right thing.”
Johnson argued that Officer Doyle should have handled the situation in a safer way since he put many innocent lives in danger.
But according to the Police Chief, Officer Doyle would have lost the suspect if he called and waited for a back up squad.
“We don’t condone reckless driving unless it’s necessary,” said Freeman. “He did the right thing.”