Police Chief: "We Lost Two Heroes Last Night"

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Syracuse, N.Y. — More than a hundred police officers and other public safety officials silently stood shoulder to shoulder late Sunday night outside the door to the emergency room at Upstate University Hospital.

They had come from all over to show respect for Syracuse police officer Michael Jensen and sheriff’s Lt. Michael Hoosock, who were killed in a shootout earlier that night in Salina. Some were in their formal uniform, but others were wearing whatever they had on when they got the news and sped to the hospital.

Many were back patrolling the streets Monday, even as they were dealing with emotions that Joseph Moran, the president of the Syracuse Police Benevolent Association, said were “indescribable.”

“They don’t have time to grieve,” he said at a Monday afternoon news conference. “They’re out responding to calls right now, providing the city a great service.”

Before Sunday night, it had been more than 30 years since the last time Syracuse lost a police officer in the line of duty. A sheriff’s deputy hadn’t been killed in the line in two decades.

The moment was one for which Syracuse Police Chief Joseph Cecile, who has put in nearly 40 years at the department, said there was no way to prepare.

“We lost two heroes last night,” the chief said.

 

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