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NYPD detective killed, sergeant wounded in friendly fire as they responded to a robbery in Queens

Brian Simonsen and his sergeant were responding to a robbery in a T-Mobile cell phone store in Queens when the incident happened.

42-year-old Brian Simonsen, a 19-year veteran of the New York Police Department tragically lost his life when he was fatally shot during an attempted robbery in Queens on Tuesday. 

Authorities believe that this was an incident of friendly fire. The detective Brian Simonsen sustained a bullet wound in his chest and died at a local hospital as a result of the injury. According to NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill who spoke at a press conference, the incident took place after Simonsen and his sergeant responded to reports of a robbery at a T-Mobile cell phone store in Queens.