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BROOKLYN, New York -- Even after he was hacked in the head with a hunting knife, a Brooklyn cop still managed to chase his attacker across a subway platform - shooting him twice before collapsing nearby, police said yesterday.
NYPD Officer Angel Cruz fell to the ground within 3 feet of the wounded suspect and knelt over him until backup arrived late Tuesday and arrested the man, police said.
"When police found them, Cruz was on one knee," a police source said. "He wanted to cuff the guy but he \[Cruz\] had lost so much blood it was all he could do to stay upright."
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Hugo Hernandez - an illegal Guatemalan immigrant who sneaked back into the U.S. after being deported for attacking six cops in New Jersey - stabbed Cruz after the cop spotted him and his pal Andy Batista smoking in the subway station about 11 p.m., police said.
Cruz told them to put out the cigarettes and ordered them to come with him so he could issue them summonses, police said.
Batista, 21, complied, handing over identification and an Army knife. But Hernandez, 22, punched Cruz without warning on the Queens-bound platform of the J train, police said.
Hernandez then pulled out a 6-inch blade and slashed Cruz across the face, police said.
Blood flowing down his neck, Cruz fell backward against a pay phone as Hernandez allegedly came at him a second time with his knife raised.
Posted by tyne at March 16, 2007