Bronx Cop Miosotis Familia 'Assassinated' As She Sat In Police Vehicle, NYPD Says

BRONX, NY — An NYPD officer was shot and killed while sitting inside of a mobile command unit in the Bronx early Wednesday morning, Commissioner James O'Neill said.

Miosotis Familia was with a partner in the unit near the corner of Morris Avenue and East 183rd Street around 12:30 a.m. when a suspect fired a weapon through the vehicle's window and hit Familia in the head, according to O'Neill.

Officers found a man running a block away from the scene of the shooting, police said, and when they approached him, he drew a revolver. The suspect, 34-year-old Alexander Bonds, was shot and killed by the officers, police said. A bystander was also struck during the shootout and is in stable condition, according to police.

Familia, a 12-year-veteran of the force, was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital where she died.

"Based on what we know now, it is clear that this was an unprovoked direct attack on police officers who were assigned to keep the people of this city safe," O'Neill told reporters at the hospital.

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It's unclear what provoked the attack, but Bonds was seen on surveillance footage approaching the post "with purpose," the AP reported.

Familia's partner frantically screamed into his radio for help after the shooting.

"I need a f------ bus! 10-85 10-85!" he yelled, according to the New York Daily News. "My partner’s shot! My partner’s shot! My partner’s shot! Hurry up central!"

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Officers with the NYPD's anti-crime team raced to the scene, where they shot and killed the suspect nearby, police said. This revolver was recovered at the scene:

Witnesses said they thought the gunshots were fireworks.

"I was in this bodega right here on Creston, just getting a sandwich, and all of a sudden there was all this running and stuff going on and I look out probably 40, 50, 60 cops screaming, 'Call a paramedic, clear the block!'" one witness told the Daily News.

"It looked like there was a riot going on and two seconds later I hear gunshots, ‘bam, bam’ and then the police officer was just lying there in front of the stationary precinct — right here on Creston."

Officers outside the hospital saluted as Familia's body was taken to the medical examiner.

Bonds was on parole for a robbery in Syracuse, according to the Associated Press.

"Just a few hours ago the city was celebrating our Independence Day, and it’s one of those days we look forward to all year," NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters at the hospital. "The NYPD did an extraordinary job keeping this city safe, and then just as that was ending tragedy struck and it’s such a painful reality at just the end of a very, very good thing."

Announcing news of Familia's death on Twitter later Wednesday morning, O'Neill characterized the killing as an assassination:

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Photo: Seth Wenig, Associated Press