Ex-Cop Shoots Cop, Kills Self Over Affair

(AP)  A retired New York City police officer shot an off-duty officer he suspected was having an affair with his police officer wife, then killed himself in the driveway of his suburban home, police said Saturday.

Cecil Ramsay, 51, shot himself in the head after firing at a car carrying his wife and a friend, both off-duty NYPD officers, Suffolk County police said.

He shot Officer Edwin Chittick in the hand after accusing him "of seeing his wife," said Suffolk County Police Det. Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick.

"It's our understanding that that is not the case. They're just acquaintances," Fitzpatrick said.

Chestean Howard said he called 911 after hearing several gunshots in the neighborhood, then looked out his window.

"He wasn't moving," Howard told Newsday Saturday. "I thought, `That's it. He's dead,"' Howard said.

Ramsay fired at least three times at the Mercedes-Benz as his wife, Dady Belfort, drove away with a wounded Chittick, Fitzpatrick said.

He then put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger in front of several construction workers doing work on his home, Fitzpatrick said.

Outside the home about 40 miles east of New York City, a body covered by a yellow tarp lay in the driveway for hours Saturday morning under a steady rain before it was removed on a gurney.

A Mercedes-Benz registered to the address of the West Babylon home - its driver and passenger seats smeared with blood - was on the grounds of a Long Island hospital for several hours Saturday.

Ramsay had been ill with heart problems and was awaiting a heart transplant, Fitzpatrick said.

A 2007 article about Belfort in the Congressional Record said she has been an officer since 1989 and was promoted to detective in 2005. Belfort was pursuing a master's degree in criminal justice at the time and has three children with Ramsay, according to the profile.

New York City police wouldn't comment on the shootings or give information about the officers, referring all questions to Long Island authorities.

[gunownerdan]

This is how people with guns handle problems. They shoot people!~
Posted by schoollord

So I guess 99% of gun owners must never have any problems!

[schoollord]

This is how people with guns handle problems. They shoot people!~

[ThisIsTheEndd]

it's a damn shame that the morals in the US are almost non existant anymore. Oh by the way, don't waste time trying to find fault with what I've said, because I'm right. So don't waste my time or yours.
Posted by luke_4u
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You're not right. You're self-righteous, which means you have an inferiority complex.

[Dgunner]

Here is a man smart enough to retain a education . But weak enough to let a woman of all of Gods gifts drive him to doing something like this. Makes you want to move to New Ork where the finest are protecting you today and doing drive by shootings the next.

[gnimelf1968]

If someone really wants to kill someone , they are going to do it no matter if they have a gun or not. Not all murders are committed with fire arms. We just had two teenagers this weekend killed by being ran over by someone they were fighting with at a high school dance, and just a few weeks ago a kid stabbed his friend over a disagreement at school. So please get over the whole guns kill people thing, people kill people. Maybe we should outlaw let's see, knives, cars, planes, anything that can create fire, rope, everything sharp, anti freeze, rat poison, bath tubs, pillows, plastic bags, etc. etc. etc.

[luke_4u]

Yes, adultery can very well be worse than murder, particularly if it causes the death of an innocent party. This scumbag gals husband was the victim here, and because of what his low life wife did, one man got shot and her husband lost his life. If I had the authority to do so, I'd give her a shovel and make her dig her husbands grave by hand. Sometimes there is an excuse (or reason) for murder, but there's "never" an excuse for adultery. It's like I said earlier, it's a damn shame that the morals in the US are almost non existant anymore. Oh by the way, don't waste time trying to find fault with what I've said, because I'm right. So don't waste my time or yours.

[luke_4u]

Ya know the main reason I even comment here, is too see just what morons there are around. evilbushevics, you are probably one of the biggest morons on here. You're a complete fool, and you need to wake up and get a life.

[quietamercan]

So let me get this straight. UR_Majesty and Justfacts101 are arguing that a major reason to keep private ownership of guns legal is that overall crime will increase if guns are banned and use Australia's recent history as an example of this occurring. Aussie1761 counters their argument by saying that this is a discussion about gun availability in the US, not the effects gun availability has on society overall? Isn't that kind of like trying to discuss the sinking of the titanic while limiting the discussion to just lifeboats and not allowing mention of icebergs or water?

[Aussie1761]

This is for Justfacts101

This is after the ban on guns in Australia in 1996

"The total number of criminal incidents involving a firearm in NSW is now about 44 per cent lower than its peak in 1997, according to figures released today by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research."

Release Date: Wednesday, 27 September 2006
My Source is from Firearms and violent crime in New South Wales: 1995-2005- New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research

Ok I am done here.........have a great week........thanks for the discussion.

[Aussie1761]

Posted by UR_Majesty at 5:24 AM
It has been 12 months since Australia was forced to surrender personal firearms to be destroyed by their government.

Dear UR_Majesty .....yes I agree with this but not 12 months ago that happened on April 26 1996 after the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania when 35 were killed and 21 injured.

So it is not 12 months ago it was in 1996 when Australians were then forced to surrender personal firearms.

"while law-abiding citizens turned them in , the criminals did not"

Well criminals are what they are criminals that is their lot in life to avoid laws......... the guy who killed the 35 people in 1996, was a law abiding citizen too. He had no criminal record up and until April 26 1996.