A local detective shot and killed an assassin suspected to be involved with a major international drug circle after a dramatic high-speed chase. The chase ended in 4 dead including a bystander, a police officer, a train conductor and trainman.
According to a press release from the office of Ruth L. Ess, New York City Police commissioner, "at 4:08 p.m. Sunday, New York City Police Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, assigned to the Narcotics Division, shot and killed a suspected assassin, Pierre Jeantot, 36, of Nice, France." Jeantot was suspected of working within an international drug connection between France and New York City. Detective Doyle and his partner, Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, assigned to the Narcotics Division, have been investigating the heroin smuggling operation for some time.
The incident began when Jeantot fired a shot, perched from the roof of an apartment building at 1767 W. 57th Avenue. The shots aimed for Doyle hit a pedestrian, Betty B. Badluck, 63, of the Bronx while she was walking her baby granddaughter in a stroller. Mayhem broke loose. Bystanders scrambled to the ground and to Badluck's aid.
Doyle, spotting the assassin, cautiously stalked Jeantot to the rooftop, gun-in-hand. Reaching the apartment building's roof, Doyle found the Jeantot had escaped, leaving an automatic rifle and several shell castings. He spotted the assassin fleeing the scene on foot in the street below and raced after him.
Doyle tracked Jeantot to the nearby train station. The assassin hopped a train headed for 25th avenue. Doyle in a panic, hijacked a car, swerving in and out of traffic under the traintracks in a high-speed chase behind the getaway criminal.
According to a press release from the office of Ruth L. Ess, New York City Police commissioner, "at 4:08 p.m. Sunday, New York City Police Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, assigned to the Narcotics Division, shot and killed a suspected assassin, Pierre Jeantot, 36, of Nice, France." Jeantot was suspected of working within an international drug connection between France and New York City. Detective Doyle and his partner, Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, assigned to the Narcotics Division, have been investigating the heroin smuggling operation for some time.
The incident began when Jeantot fired a shot, perched from the roof of an apartment building at 1767 W. 57th Avenue. The shots aimed for Doyle hit a pedestrian, Betty B. Badluck, 63, of the Bronx while she was walking her baby granddaughter in a stroller. Mayhem broke loose. Bystanders scrambled to the ground and to Badluck's aid.
Doyle, spotting the assassin, cautiously stalked Jeantot to the rooftop, gun-in-hand. Reaching the apartment building's roof, Doyle found the Jeantot had escaped, leaving an automatic rifle and several shell castings. He spotted the assassin fleeing the scene on foot in the street below and raced after him.
Doyle tracked Jeantot to the nearby train station. The assassin hopped a train headed for 25th avenue. Doyle in a panic, hijacked a car, swerving in and out of traffic under the traintracks in a high-speed chase behind the getaway criminal.
Meanwhile aboard the train, Jeantot is closely followed by police patrolman, 34-year-old Roland Evans of Brooklyn and 15-year veteran of the New York City Police Department. In a panic, Jeantot pulls out his .44 Magnum revolver and shoots down Evans. He hijacks the train, taking the trainman Peter Howe, 27, of Queens hostage and ordering him to not stop at the scheduled stop on 25th Ave. When conductor, Horatio C. Hornblower, 30, of White Plains, approached the hijacked cart, Jeantot shoots him down. Simultaneously, Howe died of a heart attack at the controls.
Popeye Doyle had been taken off the heroin smuggling detail in a dispute with his supervisor, Captain Susan Bloomberg.
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