NYPD officer stabbed in head; suspect in custody
In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly speaks about the stabbing of Officer Eder Loor, displaying the 3-inch knife used by assailant Terrence Hale on the injured officer earlier in the morning in Manhattan. (Apr. 17, 2012) Credit: Nancy Borowick
A police officer was in critical but stable condition after he was stabbed in the temple while answering a call about an emotionally disturbed person in East Harlem, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday.
Doctors were "cautiously optimistic" about the recovery of Officer Eder Loor, Bloomberg said.
Loor's partner raced after the attacker, but then he turned back to tend to the fallen officer. The suspect was taken into custody and the knife was recovered.
Bloomberg said he and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly made a visit at Mount Sinai Hospital, where Loor and his partner were taken.
The mayor said he spoke to the partner, who was treated for high blood pressure, "to get him to calm down."
"Unfortunately, even when you do the right thing policing, as we all know, is a very dangerous job," Bloomberg said.
Loor, 28, has been a member of the force since 2006. He's the father of a young girl, and he and his wife are expecting a son.
"This serious attack," along with FDNY Lt. Richard Nappi's death Monday at a Brooklyn fire, serve as a reminder that "New York's bravest and New York's finest risk their lives every day to protect the rest of us," Bloomberg said.
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