A newly promoted Big Apple detective — who has the same job as his 9/11 hero dad — will now wear his father's identical shield number decades after it was retired.
When the gun suddenly triggered, the suspect bolted and left the gun at the scene next to Mezar's body, which originally led investigators to believe the wound was self-inflicted, sources said.
An 88-year-old woman had her two front teeth knocked out by a deranged brute who randomly punched her in the face while walking through Times Square, according to the NYPD.