Manhattan man sentenced to life for killing cop

Posted 4/14/17

A 32-year-old Manhattan man, Tyrone Howard, was sentenced to life in prison on April 10 for the murder of NYPF dectective Randolph Holder. As proven at trial, at approximately 8:30 p.m. on October …

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Manhattan man sentenced to life for killing cop

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A 32-year-old Manhattan man, Tyrone Howard, was sentenced to life in prison on April 10 for the murder of NYPF dectective Randolph Holder.

As proven at trial, at approximately 8:30 p.m. on October 20, 2015, on East 102nd Street between FDR Drive and First Avenue,  Howard fired multiple shots at a group of individuals and then ran north on the East River Promenade. A few minutes later, Howard approached a man on the East River Promenade, stole his bicycle at gunpoint, and rode the bicycle north along the path.  

At approximately 8:43 p.m., in the vicinity of the East River Promenade at the East 120th Street footbridge, Howard encountered Police Officer Randolph Holder and his partner, who were responding to the earlier shooting. Howard then intentionally shot Officer Holder one time in the temple, killing him. He fled and was apprehended approximately two minutes later on the median of FDR Drive in the vicinity of East 124th Street. Officer Holder was posthumously promoted to the rank of Detective on October 28, 2015. 

Howard had been arrested multiple times in the passed for selling drugs and pleaded guilty to dealing drugs last year

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. said,  “Life in prison is the most severe sentence a defendant can receive in New York State – it is fully warranted in this case,” said District Attorney Vance. “Detective Randolph Holder was murdered in the line of duty by a young man with an illegal firearm. No one in the criminal justice system takes a life sentence lightly, and I hope it brings a sense of closure to Detective Holder’s loved ones and all the members of the NYPD. 
 
“Despite New York’s strong gun laws, out-of-state guns continue to make their way onto our streets. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and our partners in the NYPD will continue to do everything in our power to eradicate the flow of these illegal weapons into our City.”

Assistant District Attorneys Linda Ford, Senior Trial Counsel, and Michelle Warren handled the prosecution of the case, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Warren J. Murray, Chief of Trial Bureau 50, and Executive Assistant District Attorney John Irwin, Chief of the Trial Division. Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast, former Assistant District Attorney Sherita Walton, Senior Investigative Analyst Amanda Epstein, Investigative Analyst Evelyn Vargas, and Technology Analyst Matthew Brazaitis assisted with the case. 

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