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Lead

Five people were killed in a high speed pursuit that took place on Sunday starting at an apartment building at 1767 W. 57th Ave. and ending at the 15th St Station.
Police Detective Jimmy Doyle was walking home when shots began to ring out from a nearby rooftop. A pedestrian was killed in the initial shooting. The shooter Pierre Jeantot fired nine rounds at Doyle before he fled.
Doyle raced to the rooftop only to find Jeantot on the ground running to the 35th St Station. Jeantot got on the train while Doyle took a civilians car to pursue the train from the streets.
Jeantot made his way from train to train, killing a police officer who tried to stop him, until hw made it to the conductor. “Don’t stop!” barked Jeantot has he banged on the door.
The conductor did not stop at the 25th St Station has scheduled and another train employee came to the front to investigate.
Doyle kept in pursuit of the train hitting cars and weaving in and out of lanes to keep up.
The trainman approached Jeantot and was killed and then the conductor went into cardiac arrest dying of a heart attack. The conductor fell on the emergency break causing the train to come to a screeching halt.
Jeantot escaped from the train to meet Doyle at the bottom of the 15th St Station stairs where Doyle shot him trying to run.

Narrative

Police Detective Jimmy Doyle along with his partner Detective Buddy Russo might have been close to a break in a narcotics case. It is believed that Pierre Jeantot, 36 from Nice, France, was hired to assassinate Doyle on the way to his apartment at 1767 W. 57th Ave.
Doyle heard shots fired and immediately took cover. Betty B. Badluck, 63, of the Bronx was unfortunately killed by a stray bullet.
More shots rang out and Doyle yelled at pedestrians to clear the area has he pursued the alleged assassin. Running up the stairs Doyle was ready for a fight.
Doyle kicked open the door and surveyed to scene only to find an abandoned rifle with nine casings next to it. With no sign of Jeantot Doyle looked on the ground and saw him running towards the 35th St Station.
Doyle made it down as fast as possible, but got the station has train 4572 left with Jeantot inside.
Doyle ran down the stairs and tried to commandeer a civilian’s car. The first car sped by, but Doyle stood in front of the second yelling, “police business” forcing the driver to stop.
Weaving in and out of lanes Doyle attempted to keep up with the train.
On train 4572 Jeantot was making his was from the back of the train to the front. Roland Evans, a 15-year veteran of the New York Police Department, called out to the Jeantot to stop. Jeantot turned, saw he was a cop and immediately shot him.
Jeantot made his way to the conductor in the front of the train.
“Don’t stop” he yelled over and over again. The conductor, Horatio Hornblower,30, opened the door to find a pistol in his face.
The Train sped past the 25th St Station, Doyle, still in his commandeered car, crashed into a sedan followed by a garbage truck trying to keep up. Doyle keeps pursuing the train. He evades a woman pushing a carriage by inches, but crashes his car into the side of a store. Doyle yells in anger and keeps on driving.
Peter Howe, 27, of Queens, noticed that the train did not stop at the 25th St Station. He went to the front to talk to Hornblower when he saw Jeantot with the gun. Howe tried talking to Jeantot with other patrons until Jeantot shot and killed him.
The conductor, Hornblower, began to have a heart attack and fell on the emergency brake as he died causing the train to come to a screeching halt. Jeantot smashed into a window losing his pistol and hitting his head.
Doyle saw the train stop from the road and stopped. He observed Jeantot climb out of the train and onto a platform. Jeantot then walked down a set of stairs, turned the corner to walk down another set where he saw Doyle waiting for him with his pistol drawn.
Jeantot turned to run and Doyle fired one round form his .38 calibur police issued revolver.