The standoff started when cops responded<\/a> to calls of shots fired inside a Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone on Kosciusko Street. <\/p>\nOfficers heard more gunfire coming from inside the home, and when they entered, they found Simmons holding a gun, police said.<\/p>\n
The NYPD\u2019s ESU, Hostage Negotiation Team and other specialized units then responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gale was shot in the shin after going into the building and confronting Simmons. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just working really hard to get back to where I was,\u201d Gale said Friday, in a Detectives Endowment Association video. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey put a rod and a bunch of screws in my leg,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Gale said he called his wife right after he was shot to put her mind at ease. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n
At first he couldn\u2019t walk, but is now getting around on crutches and going through physical therapy.<\/p>\n
His wife Kelly and their two children attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was able to call her from the street that day,\u201d he said. \u201cShe was like, \u2018If you hadn\u2019t done that I probably would have been terrified but you did and I knew you were going to be OK.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Gale was shot during a two-hour standoff with an armed man who was threatening his elderly neighbors. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n
Gale was rushed to the hospital after the shooting. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n
During the two-hour standoff, Simmons hurled a microwave, a lamp and kitchenware from a rear window, narrowly missing cops in the backyard, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When ESU entered the home, they found Simmons armed with a gun on the top of the stairs, where the elderly couple he had been feuding with were trapped in their apartment, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cops ordered him to drop the gun, but Simmons fired on them, hitting Gale.\u00a0Four officers returned fire and Simmons was shot dead, police said.<\/p>\n
The shot officer said he was looking forward to getting back to his elite unit. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n
Gale, who thanked the DEA and his unit for the support they provided, said he was excited about the promotion because \u201cnot many people on the job will ever see second grade.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
First grade is the highest level of detective.<\/p>\n
Gale walked across the stage on crutches to accept his promotion from Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.<\/p>\n
The barricaded man who shot Gale thew household items out a window at responding cops. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n
Detectives Endowment President Scott Munro said Gale \u201chas certainly earned his promotion.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cHis courage, resilience, and dedication embody the very best of NYPD Detectives,\u201d Munro said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Detectives\u2019 Endowment Association is proud to represent Detective Gale and every Detective who risks it all in service to this city,\u201d he said, adding that the union was working \u201cto see many more Detectives promoted and recognized for their unwavering commitment to protecting New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gale said the shooting hasn\u2019t changed him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has reaffirmed everything that I know,\u201d he said in the video. \u201cI work in the best unit on the job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A veteran detective who was shot by a mentally deranged man during a standoff in Brooklyn in June…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":974005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,72064,4166,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,12914,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-974004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-detectives","tag-mental-illness","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police-shootings","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117021616739371762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/974005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}