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EMT in New York probe shot and killed
NEW YORK, An emergency medical technician accused of ignoring a dying pregnant woman while on a coffee break has been shot and killed in New York, officials say.
Jason Green, 32, and a friend were refused entrance to a popular SoHo nightclub early Sunday because the friend was improperly dressed, and minutes later Green was shot dead in a dispute with a man who stepped from a car a few blocks away, the New York Post reported.
Green died at New York Downtown Hospital, the newspaper said.
Green had been the subject of a criminal inquiry after he and his girlfriend, Melisa Jackson, 23, also an EMT, allegedly refused to help pregnant coffee shop worker Eutisha Rennix, 25, after she suffered a seizure in December 2009. Green and Jackson were at the shop on a break.
Rennix's mother Cynthia offered words of support for Green's relatives Sunday.
"As a mother who has been through this kind of loss, I have to feel for his family," she said. "Even though what he did to my daughter was an injustice, I am sorry for him and, especially, for his mother."
Green and Jackson were suspended for a month without pay after Rennix died. They were reinstated, but the investigation is pending.
Police said there was no indication Green's slaying -- which came after a scuffle -- was tied to his refusal to help Rennix, the New York Daily News said.
NEW YORK, An emergency medical technician accused of ignoring a dying pregnant woman while on a coffee break has been shot and killed in New York, officials say.
Jason Green, 32, and a friend were refused entrance to a popular SoHo nightclub early Sunday because the friend was improperly dressed, and minutes later Green was shot dead in a dispute with a man who stepped from a car a few blocks away, the New York Post reported.
Green died at New York Downtown Hospital, the newspaper said.
Green had been the subject of a criminal inquiry after he and his girlfriend, Melisa Jackson, 23, also an EMT, allegedly refused to help pregnant coffee shop worker Eutisha Rennix, 25, after she suffered a seizure in December 2009. Green and Jackson were at the shop on a break.
Rennix's mother Cynthia offered words of support for Green's relatives Sunday.
"As a mother who has been through this kind of loss, I have to feel for his family," she said. "Even though what he did to my daughter was an injustice, I am sorry for him and, especially, for his mother."
Green and Jackson were suspended for a month without pay after Rennix died. They were reinstated, but the investigation is pending.
Police said there was no indication Green's slaying -- which came after a scuffle -- was tied to his refusal to help Rennix, the New York Daily News said.