Poughkeepsie News: Update: Cop dies after shoot out with gunman who killed his own wife, 3 dead.
A Poughkeepsie cop died after being shot in the head Friday during a gunfight with a man who had fatally shot his own wife in a train station parking lot, police said. The suspect was also killed - but it wasn't clear whether he committed suicide or was taken out by a police bullet. The 44-year-old officer, who wasn't identified last night, died after undergoing surgery at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, Police Chief Ron Knapp said. "This is a tragic day in the city of Poughkeepsie for our citizens and for our uniformed personnel," Poughkeepsie Mayor John Tkazyik said. The incident unfolded about 1p.m., when police received a report of a shooting at a parking lot near a Metro-North railroad station in Poughkeepsie. The first officer who arrived at the scene spotted a man running with a toddler in his arms. He gave chase. After a brief confrontation, the officer snatched the 3-year-old from the suspect's hands, and the man took off. The c
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