Sniper Attack Results in Highjacked Train and Five Dead
Just after 4 p.m. on Sunday Pierre Jeantot, 36 of Nice, France was killed after taking several shots at New York City Police Detective, Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle and causing much chaos throughout the city. Doyle shot Jeantot with his .38 calibur service revolver after chasing him throughout the city.
After a failed attempt at killing Doyle, Jeantot, who was allegedly working on behalf of a French drug kingpin, took off on foot trying to escape the scene of the crime where he shot and killed a pedestrian. Jeantot narrowly escaped Doyle on foot by boarding an elevated train at the 35th Street Station. Doyle then commandeered a civilian’s car and took off after the train to the next stop.
Police Officer, Roland Evans, 34 found Jeantot to be suspicious and started following him on the train only to be killed when he confronted Jeantot. The civilians on the train became frantic and soon chaos broke loose. Jeantot continued to make his way to the trainman, Peter Howe, 27 and held him at gunpoint until he bypassed the train’s next stop.
Soon the conductor of the train, Horatio Hornblower approached the control room with three other men where Jeantot was holding Howe hostage. Hornblower and the other men tried convincing Jeantot to surrender but Jeantot refused and shot Hornblower in the abdomen.
Meanwhile, Howe, the trainman dies of a heart attack at the controls and the train collides with another stopped train resulting in a high speed crash. The city-wide chase finally came to an end when Doyle shot Jeantot on the platform of the 15th Street Station.
Upon investigation, Homeland Security records reveal that Jeantot entered the country on Nov. 4 from Paris, France. It is suspected that Jeantot was associated with a crime syndicate that had been laying the groundwork for a major heroin shipment from France to New York City. At this time, two other men are being investigated in association with the smuggling operation.