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  Two cops shot in Brooklyn
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Last EditedBob  Jul 12, 2007 07:42am
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News DateThursday, July 12, 2007 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionStartling video footage from a camera at a small business shows the shooting Monday of two city police officers after they pulled over a stolen BMW sport utility vehicle in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.

Officers Russel Timoshenko and Herman Yan were hit just before 2:30 a.m., police said. Through the day and into the evening Monday, a massive police manhunt continued to find three male suspects, as friends said Timoshenko lay in a coma at Kings County Hospital Center with two .45-caliber bullets lodged in the back of his head. Yan, shot once in the chest and once in the arm, was in stable condition at the same hospital.

The video, reviewed by a Newsday reporter, shows the two officers approaching the BMW from its rear, Yan toward the driver's side and Timoshenko toward the passenger side. Next, Timoshenko, 23, falls to the curb along Rogers Avenue, his blood welling around the small portion of his body that is visible because of the camera's angle.

His partner, Yan, 26, disappears from view but immediately reappears, gun drawn and pointing in the direction of the vehicle's getaway. Next, Yan yells into his radio, crouches and grabs one of his arms before kneeling near his stricken comrade.
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