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A man was shot and killed on a Williamsburg street just after midnight Monday.
The NYPD tells YWN that on Monday, at approximately 12:57AM, police responded to a call of an assault in the vicinity of Bedford Avenue and South 9 Street – within the confines of the 90 Precinct.
Upon arrival, officers discovered a 33 year-old male with a gunshot wound to the head at the location.
EMS responded and pronounced the victim DOA at the scene.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
Chevra Kaddisha services were not needed in this incident.
Deceased has been identified as Tyrone Woods, 33-year-old male
(Chaim Shapiro – YWN)
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5 Responses
“DOA at the scene”
One can’t be Dead On Arrival(at a hospital)at the scene.
White bear: your wrong on that one. DOA upon arrival of EMS.
Maybe he was dead upon the arrival of the EMS at the scene.
NY hows that gun control working out for you? #1 who said anything about a hospital, arrival means emergency services arrival at the scene
Don’t jump on WhiteBear so quickly. Yes, technically WikiPedia defines DOA as “Dead on arrival (DOA), also dead in the field and brought in dead (BID), is a term used to indicate that a patient was found to be already clinically dead upon the arrival of professional medical assistance, often in the form of first responders such as emergency medical technicians, paramedics, or police.”
However, in actual usage in the News, I believe it is much more often used to describe that the patient was ‘pronounced dead upon arrival to the Hospital’. I would guess because the field people are trained to save lives and transport the victims to better care when they are unable to. Thus they are reluctant (and indeed some of them are unqualified) to pronounce the victim officially ‘dead’.
In fact, the very same Wikipedia article that I quoted, continues the definition with the following remark: “In some jurisdictions, first responders must consult verbally with a physician before officially pronouncing a patient deceased, but once cardiopulmonary resuscitation is initiated, it must be continued until a physician can pronounce the patient dead.”