NEW YORK—A robbery suspect with a long rap sheet and a habit of bizarre stunts was charged on Wednesday, Feb. 13, with murder in the death of a New York City police detective struck by friendly fire while responding to a stick-up Tuesday night.
Detective Brian Simonsen died after being hit once in the chest by crossfire as he and six other officers fired 42 shots at suspect Christopher Ransom, who charged toward the entrance of a Queens store and mimicked pulling the trigger of a fake handgun, police said.
