Cop hurt in Queens shooting leaves hospital
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | NYPD Sgt. Craig Bier is applauded by fellow officers and others upon his release from Jamaica Hospital. Bier, a 15-year veteran whose father is a retired NYPD detective, was shot after he and his partner attempted to stop a man on a bicycle who fled when he saw the officers as they patrolled in an unmarked van on 107th Avenue in South Jamaica Wednesday. (Aug. 10, 2012)
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A decorated NYPD officer from Hicksville who was shot in the legs while on anti-gang patrol earlier this week left the hospital Friday with his badge around his neck and a warning for the gunman still at large: "We'll get you soon."
Sgt. Craig Bier, 44, left Jamaica Hospital Medical Center to salutes, applause and cheers from about 100 fellow officers, many of them in dress uniforms.
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