Police are asking for the public's help in identifying three men caught on a video they say is connected to the fatal shooting of NYPD officer Randolph Holder.
Investigators on Friday released a surveillance video of the three men wanted for questioning in connection with a gunfight at a housing complex that preceded the shooting of Holder.
Holder and other officers responded to a report of gunshots fired on the East River Housing Development in Harlem on Tuesday night. Two officers atop a roof of one of the apartment buildings saw people firing at each other, investigators said.
A person at the scene told responding officers that his bicycle had been stolen at gunpoint.
Holder and other officers then encountered a man on a bike on a pedestrian overpass over the FDR Drive at East 120th Street. The man and police exchanged gunfire, and Holder was struck in the head.
The 33-year-old officer was taken to Harlem Hospital in critical condition and died there.
The suspect, later identified as 30-year-old Tyrone Howard, ran away northbound on the FDR Drive promenade along the East River, and he was apprehended by officers at 124th Street. He had a gunshot wound to the leg and was treated at Cornell Hospital before being released to police.
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Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or submit tips to the www.nypdcrimestoppers.com website.
