NYPD-SBA Offers $5000 Reward

 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013   The New York City Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) offers a $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for producing a Wanted Poster of sergeant and police officer involved in the controversial shooting of Kimani "Kiki" Gray   New York, March 19, 2013 -  Ed Mullins, the President of the New York City Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA), whose 12,000 members make it the fifth largest police union in the country, has announced a $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for creating and distributing a Wanted Poster of an NYPD sergeant and police officer involved in the shooting of Kimani "Kiki" Gray.   The officers fatally shot the 16-year-old Gray after he pointed a loaded .38 caliber revolver at them in Brooklyn on the evening of March 9. The gun was recovered at the scene, and scores of witnesses have stated that the officers gave Gray multiple orders to drop the weapon before firing.   The Wanted Poster was placed on several social media and networking sites and featured photos of the sergeant and police officer above the caption "50z want these pigs heads." It is believed that 50z is the name of a gang.   Under another subset the poster encourages any potential killers to "empty the clip on umm." The poster was also displayed in the March 18 edition of the New York Post.      "Anytime someone loses their life it is a tragic circumstance, but the distribution of this Wanted Poster is especially disturbing," said Mullins. "It is calling for the murder of two dedicated police officers who encountered an armed known gang member who ignored several orders to drop his weapon. The Wanted Poster puts the lives of all police officers, as well as innocent members of the public, in great danger  and we are determined to see that the person or persons responsible for it are apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."   CONTACT:  Robert Mladinich, SBA Communications Director, phone 212-343-5674 or 917-204-5916 (cell); E-mail: rmladinich@sbanyc.org. Visit Sergeants Benevolent Association at: http://members.sbanyc.org/?xg_source=msg_mes_network