Via NY Post:
The veteran NYPD officer who was assassinated in the Bronx early Wednesday was a mother of twins who had recently returned to work following an injury, sources told The Post.
Miosotis Familia, 48, had been out sick with a leg injury and only returned to full duty last month at the 46th Precinct, where she worked the midnight shift, sources said.
“She was quiet and very into her family,” a source said. “She adored her children. She was a good cop and well liked by everyone who worked with her.”
Familia, a 12-year veteran, was gunned down at 12:30 a.m. by Alexander Bonds, 34, while sitting in a police vehicle at East 183rd Street and Morris Avenue in Fordham Heights.
Police union boss Patrick Lynch honored Familia as a hero Wednesday morning.
“Police officer Miosotis Familia, the mother of three, gave her life protecting a neighborhood that had been plagued by gang gun violence. Fully knowing the dangers that she faced, she suited up in uniform everyday and stood tall against those who threaten and terrorize the good folks of the Bronx,” the president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association said in a statement.
Alexander Bonds, the killer, has a history of attacking a police officer and anti-cop posts.
Via Heavy:
Bonds’ criminal record includes at least six arrests. In 2001, he was accused of using brass knuckles to assault a NYPD officer in Queens, the New York Post reports.
He was on parole under the name John Bonds, according to New York state records.
Bonds was released to supervision in May 2013 after serving seven years in prison for robbery in the Syracuse area, the New York Times reports.
He was on parole until 2018. He was also convicted of drug offenses prior to the robbery, records show.