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A French man was gunned down yesterday afternoon after shooting and killing four people in Brooklyn.
The assailant, Pierre Jeantot, 36 of Nice, France, initially opened fire on New York City Poice Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle from the roof of an apartment building at 1767 W. 57th Avenue.
Jeantot fired three bullets at Doyle, striking a passing by woman, Betty B. Badluck, 63 of the Bronx, who was walking her granddaughter.
Jeantot, who is suspected of being associated with a major heroin operation providing the drug from France. Jeantot arrived in the United States on November 4th, on a flight from Paris, according to Homeland Security records.
Popeye subdued Jeantot after a lengthy train chase in which Doyle had to commandeer a vehicle and chase down Jeantot who was responsible for collision of two trains.
Police commissioner Ruth L. Ess wasn't pleased with the way things turned out saying, "It is always unfortunate when these incidents end in a loss of life. We would have preferred to see Jeantot prosecuted."
She still hailed Doyle though for his, "bravery and quick thinking under very trying circumstances."
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The chase started after Jeantot opened fire from the roof of the apartment building and struck Ms. Badluck, firing two more shots at Doyle. Doyle took cover behind a tree and waited until Jeantot missed another shot before rushing the door of the building while hugging it's wall.

Doyle ran up the stairs but found nothing on the roof except the automatic rifle used by Jeantot and seven bullet casings. After finding nothing else on the roof, Doyle observed Jeantot fleeing the apartment building and running across the street. Doyle hustled back down to ground-level in pursuit of Jeantot.

Jeantot made his way to the 35th St. Train Station and was able to sneak onto the train without letting Doyle access into the train.

After getting directions to where the train was going from the ticket booth attendant, Doyle commandeered a red car and followed underneath the train tracks into oncoming traffic, heading towards the 25th Avenue Station.

On the train, Jeantot fired one shot into the chest of policeman Roland Evans, before making his way to the conductors car were he held his .44 magnum to the head of conductor Horatio C. Hornblower.

Jeantot forced Hornblower to keep the train going and skip the 25th Avenue Station stop, forcing Doyle to return to his car and follow the train.

Doyle was then side swiped twice and forced to crash into a pillar to avoid oncoming traffic and pedestrians. He than slammed into a concrete wall near the 15th Street Station before getting out to confront Jeantot.

Jeantot than shot trainman Peter Howe, who was trying to reason with Jeantot as the assassin kept his gun pointed to Hornblowers head. The stress of this insued a heart attack for Hornblower who died at the controls.

Jeantot, was unable to stop the train which smashed into the back of another train at 15th Station.

While Jeantot wandered around in a slight daze, Doyle was able to pinpoint the Frenchman from the street and confronted Jeantot at a stairway leading down to 15th Ave.

As Jeantot turned around to resume fleeing, Doyle fired one round from his .38 caliber service revolver into Jeantot's chest, killing him and ending the chase.
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Evans, who was 34 and from Brooklyn, was a fifteen year veteran of the New York City Police Department.
Hornblower, thirty, was from White Plains and Howe, twenty-seven, was from Queens.
Ess called the force used by Doyle "justified under the circumstances." And said that the investigation into the crime syndicate will be continued both vigorously and thoroughly.