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Sgt. in Bronx Shooting Is Eligible for Promotion

By MARK TOOR
Posted 6/11/18

NYPD Sgt. Hugh Barry, who was acquitted of murder charges for shooting a mentally-ill woman who threatened him with a baseball bat, has passed the test for promotion to Lieutenant. But his union says it’s not clear whether Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill will let him move up.

At issue are administrative charges of failure to supervise that the department filed against Sergeant Barry after a judge acquitted him of second-degree murder and lesser homicide charges in the death of Deborah Danner, 66, a schizophrenic who was causing a disturbance in the hallway of her Bronx apartment building on the evening of Oct. 8, 2016.

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