NYPD Officer Killed in Push Down Stairs

A Brooklyn police officer was killed this morning when he was pushed down a flight of stairs by an emotionally disturbed person.

The officer, whose name is being withheld pending family notification, was responding to a call about that person in Boerum Hill.

The officer was tossed down the stairs when he went to handcuff the person, sources said.

He was declared dead at 6:59 a.m. at Lutheran Hospital, sources said.

Republished with permission of The New York Post.