Black cop killed by White officer: Horror in East Harlem as Off-duty rookie is shot while pursuing suspect

An off-duty rookie cop chasing a suspected car thief in East Harlem with his gun drawn was shot and killed Thursday night when an officer mistook him for a criminal. "Police! Stop! Drop it!" cops from the 25th Precinct shouted at Omar Edwards, 25. The officer involved in the shooting is white, Edwards is black and had no visible NYPD identification on him, it was unclear if Edwards identified himself."This is always a black cop's fear, that he'd be mistaken for a [suspect]," His father couldn't fathom how such a fatal mistake could happen.If a police officer sees someone with a gun, you don't just fire without asking questions or trying to apprehend the person," said Ricardo Edwards, 72.If the person was firing at a police officer, I understand. One dejected cop said Edwards just became a new father. He took some personal time so he could take the baby to North Carolina to meet his folks. Edwards' mother, Natalia Harding, said her son had just married his girlfriend, Danielle Glen, last month at City Hall. They have two kids - 11/2-year-old Xavier and 7-month-old Keanua. NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Edwards, who had been on the force less than two years and worked out of a Manhattan housing unit, had left work about 10:30 p.m.