REPRISAL ATTACK IN NEWYORK CITY, 2 NYPD OFFICERS DOWN. SHOOTER DEAD

Two officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu sat in their patrol car before there assassination on Saturday evening That's where they were slain, ambush-style -- Saturday afternoon as they sat in their patrol car, New York Police Commissioner William Bratton said at an evening news conference. The gunman approached the passenger side of the patrol car and took a shooting stance, witnesses told police. He opened fire several times, striking both officers in the head, Bratton said. They were "shot and killed with no warning, no provocation," Bratton told reporters. "They were quite simply, assassinated." The gunman was found dead in a nearby subway station from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The killer took to his instagram page 3hours before the execution and wrote "I’m Putting Wings on Pigs Today, they take one of ours..... Let's Take 2 of Theirs #ShootThePolice #RIPErivGardner #RIPMikeBrown This May Be My Final Post ” The thin blue line The families of the fallen officers rushed to Woodhull Medical Center on Saturday, as dozens of their comrades gathered in a show of support. Ramos had just turned 40 this month; Liu got married two months ago. Both dreamed of being police officers, Bratton said.