Two transit officers shot on N train; gunman dead
Two plainclothes transit officers were shot inside the N train as it approached the Fort Hamilton Parkway station on the evening of Thursday, January 3.
Police Officers Michael Levay and Lukasz Kozicki, assigned to Transit District 34, were on patrol that evening with another officer and a lieutenant. At 7:32 p.m., they noticed someone moving from the second car to the third car of a Manhattan-bound train, which violates transit laws.
As the train approached the Fort Hamilton Parkway station, the officers approached the individual and asked for identification, intending to remove him from the train. The male stood up as if to comply and instead of pulling out a wallet, he pulled a 9-millimeter Taurus handgun from his waistband and opened fire.