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http://www.eveningtribune.com/article/20140904/NEWS/140909838
A Rochester police officer was killed during a shootout with a suspect, becoming the first member of the city's police force to die in the line of duty since 1959, officials said Thursday. Police Chief Michael Ciminelli identified the officer as Daryl Pierson, an eight-year veteran of the force. He is survived by his wife and two young children.
Pierson was shot just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 3, while pursuing a suspect, Ciminelli said. The suspect was wounded in the gunfight with Pierson's partner, Michael Dipaola, who apprehended him, Ciminelli said. A bystander was also wounded.
Pierson, a 32-year-old Army National Guard veteran who served in Afghanistan, died at a hospital.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/09/09/suspected-shooter-due-city-court/15325037/
A Monroe County grand jury has voted to indict Thomas Johnson III on at least one felony charge in connection with the shooting death of Rochester police officer Daryl Pierson, District Attorney Sandra Doorley said Tuesday outside City Court.
A grand jury will continue to hear testimony this week from witnesses to the fatal encounter Wednesday night, said Doorley, who said she expects the grand jury to rise with an indictment on the case later this week...
On his second day back on the job following an injury that kept him home for eight months, Pierson was chasing Johnson on Hudson Avenue when it's alleged that Johnson turned on the officer and fired a single shot from a handgun.