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Report: Accused cop-killer admits shooting

Originally published: February 9, 2012 1:21 PM
Updated: February 9, 2012 9:18 PM
By GARY DYMSKI  gary.dymski@newsday.com

Lamont Pride, the accused shooter in the murder

Photo credit: Joe Marino | Lamont Pride, the accused shooter in the murder of Det. Peter Figoski, appears in Brooklyn Supreme Court, December 20th 2011.

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Accused cop killer Lamont Pride admits in a videotaped interview to shooting to death an NYPD officer from Long Island because he "panicked" during the December robbery of a drug den, according to NBC New York.

In a taped interview with police hours after the shooting of Det. Peter Figoski, 47, of West Babylon, Pride said his gun went off by accident.

"I was so nervous and I panicked,"...

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