New York City Police Department detective was fatally shot Tuesday evening after he was caught in friendly fire, top law enforcement officials said. Brian Simonsen, 42, a 19-year-veteran of the NYPD, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, where he died of his wounds. The detective and his sergeant, Matthew Gorman, had responded to a 911 call about a robbery in progress at a T-Mobile store in Richmond HIll, Queens.
