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Cop-shooter ruled insane
New York Daily News - 11.18.09
by NICOLE BODE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
A Queens cop wounded in a shootout with a Delusional Gunman recounted the harrowing incident Thursday, as his attacker was deemed too mentally unstable to serve jail time
"He stood over me with a loaded shotgun," Detective David Harris told Queens Supreme Court Justice James Griffin. "I had no choice but to draw my weapon. I didn't know where I was shooting, I just knew where [his] shotgun was pointed - it was in my face."
Kevin Davy pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted murder of Harris and his partner, Detective Dominick Romano, in the July 17, 2005, attack in Queens Village.
Davy remained seated throughout the proceedings and did not look at Harris.
The 27-year-old shot the head off a century-old statue at Sts. Joachim and Anne Church, and used a machete to slice off the arms, police said. When Harris and Romano arrived, Davy turned the 12-gauge shotgun on them, police said.
Under the terms of his plea deal, Davy will be committed to a state mental health facility. A court-mandated psychologist determined that Davy was suffering from paranoid delusions and was not criminally responsible for his actions by reason of mental defect, defense lawyers said.
"He was not able to appreciate his conduct was wrong at the time," said defense lawyer [from The Blanch Law Firm].
Davy shot Romano once in the head and eight times in the back at close range, police said. Buckshot pellets penetrated Romano's brain, causing him to have seizures to this day, said prosecutor Michelle Goldstein. Romano has since retired from the NYPD.
Harris, 42, went through a year of intensive physical therapy for his wounds - including a shattered right femur and a destroyed artery. He is now assigned to the technical assistance response unit, based at Fort Totten.
"They did not know if I was going to survive because of the amount of blood I had lost," said Harris, who came to court with his wife, Debra, and dozens of police officers and detectives.
"What would be justice for me is if this man doesn't walk the streets of New York, or any other state for that matter, unsupervised," Harris said.
Davy will be sentenced Nov. 19.
"He stood over me with a loaded shotgun," Detective David Harris told Queens Supreme Court Justice James Griffin. "I had no choice but to draw my weapon. I didn't know where I was shooting, I just knew where [his] shotgun was pointed - it was in my face."
Kevin Davy pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted murder of Harris and his partner, Detective Dominick Romano, in the July 17, 2005, attack in Queens Village.
Davy remained seated throughout the proceedings and did not look at Harris.
The 27-year-old shot the head off a century-old statue at Sts. Joachim and Anne Church, and used a machete to slice off the arms, police said. When Harris and Romano arrived, Davy turned the 12-gauge shotgun on them, police said.
Under the terms of his plea deal, Davy will be committed to a state mental health facility. A court-mandated psychologist determined that Davy was suffering from paranoid delusions and was not criminally responsible for his actions by reason of mental defect, defense lawyers said.
"He was not able to appreciate his conduct was wrong at the time," said defense lawyer [from The Blanch Law Firm].
Davy shot Romano once in the head and eight times in the back at close range, police said. Buckshot pellets penetrated Romano's brain, causing him to have seizures to this day, said prosecutor Michelle Goldstein. Romano has since retired from the NYPD.
Harris, 42, went through a year of intensive physical therapy for his wounds - including a shattered right femur and a destroyed artery. He is now assigned to the technical assistance response unit, based at Fort Totten.
"They did not know if I was going to survive because of the amount of blood I had lost," said Harris, who came to court with his wife, Debra, and dozens of police officers and detectives.
"What would be justice for me is if this man doesn't walk the streets of New York, or any other state for that matter, unsupervised," Harris said.
Davy will be sentenced Nov. 19.
