NYPD Commissioner Gives Statement On Police Detective Killed By Friendly Fire In Queens

New York City Police Department detective was fatally shot Tuesday evening after he was caught in friendly fire, top law enforcement officials said. Brian Simonsen, 42, a 19-year-veteran of the NYPD, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, where he died of his wounds. The detective and his sergeant, Matthew Gorman, had responded to a 911 call about a robbery in progress at a T-Mobile store in Richmond HIll, Queens.