A team of US Marshals came to Tyree's Staten Island home at 6am to arrest him for probation violation.
[From article]
Garland Tyree, 38, a member of the Bloods gang 9 Trey, was armed with an assault rifle inside his home at 15 Destiny Court, near Harbor Road, at around 6 a.m., when U.S. Marshals came to arrest him.
Police had entered the home when Tyree set off a smoke grenade, causing them to retreat.
Lt. James Hayes, 53, a 13-year FDNY veteran of Staten Island's Engine 158, was shot in the left calf and left buttock when he entered the home to investigate the cause of the smoke, Nigro said.
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De Blasio brushed off a question about his decision to go to the gym during the standoff.
"We're briefing you all on a very serious situation, and that's not a serious question," de Blasio said at a press conference about the incident at the 121st Precinct in Staten Island.
"A fireman could have lost his life and any number of police could have as well," Hinton later added. "It's a serious matter and asking a question about the gym was not appropriate."
[. . .]
A former official who is close to the mayor said de Blasio was exhibiting "tone deaf behavior during the worst month of his political life."
A different former top official who worked closely with two mayors asked, “Why could anyone think it’s OK for him to be at a gym working out for two hours in the middle of the day and he is supposed to be running the city?”
Another former official who worked with Mayor Ed Koch and was involved in the city's response to several major crises, called the mayor's decision “unbelievable."
[. . .]
In December, de Blasio was criticized after the Village Voice spotted him working out at the Y during the wake for Herman Badillo, the country's first Puerto Rican born congressman.
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150814/park-slope/de-blasio-went-gym-during-gang-leaders-standoff-with-nypd
De Blasio Went to the Gym During Gang Leader's Standoff With NYPD
By Jeff Mays, Leslie Albrecht and Murray Weiss
August 14, 2015 1:45pm
New York Post
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Lt. James Hayes, a 30-year veteran who recovered victims during the 9/11 attacks, is in hospital and is expected to survive after being shot twice by Tyree.
[From article]
The East Coast leader of the Bloods ordered police to fly his mother from Delaware to New York City before deliberately running into the line of fire at the end of a six-hour stand-off.
Garland 'S.I.' Tyree, 38, said 'coming out now, I love you' on the phone to his mother at around midday on Friday and told police he agreed to surrender.
But when he emerged from his Staten Island home wearing a bullet proof vest and armed with an AK-47, he opened fire. A police officer returned fire, killing Tyree.
Tyree, who served time for a homicide at 16 years old, set his house on fire and shot a firefighter at 5.45am on Friday when US Marshals came to arrest him for violating parole.
Two of his bullets hit Lt James Hayes, 53, one in the leg and one in the buttocks. Hayes, a 30-year veteran who recovered victims during the 9/11 attacks, is in a stable condition in hospital.
By 8.30am the fire was under control and a hostage squad had made contact with Tyree, who remained barricaded inside.
He requested four loved ones including his Delaware-based mother, his girlfriend, his assistant, and another friend. He told detectives he would surrender if his mother came to the scene.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3198308/East-Coast-leader-Bloods-gang-set-Staten-Island-home-fire-shot-firefighter-six-hour-stand-off.html
East Coast leader of the Bloods gang is killed when he came out shooting at firefighters after torching his Staten Island home and saying last goodbye to his mom
Garland Tyree, East Coast head of the Bloods, was shot dead at midday
He set his house on fire at 6am when US Marshalls came to arrest him
He also fired 4 shots at officers, 2 hit veteran firefighter Lt James Hayes
Lt Hayes, 53, served on 9/11, he is in hospital and is expected to recover
Tyreee had 18 arrests, served 6 years, was wanted for violating probation
By 8.30am, the fire was under control but Tyree was barricaded inside
Just after midday there was a shoot-out and Tyree was pronounced dead
By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com
Published: 10:32 EST, 14 August 2015 | Updated: 23:13 EST, 14 August 2015
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[From article]
Mayor Bill de Blasio spent 80 minutes in the gym instead of rushing to meet a wounded veteran firefighter during a stand-off with one of the city's most dangerous gang leaders on Friday.
Lt James Hayes, a 30-year veteran who served on 9/11, was shot twice by Bloods gang leader Garland Tyree shortly before 6am on Friday in Marine's Harbor, Staten Island.
And even after he was hospitalized, dozens of officers and hostage negotiation experts were engaged in a tense stand-off for six hours until Tyree emerged firing an AK-47.
However, Mayor de Blasio has come under fierce criticism for spending his morning at his local leisure center in Park Slope, a family neighborhood of Brooklyn.
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He arrived at the hospital at noon, six hours after Lt Hayes was shot. Lt Hayes remains in a stable condition and is expected to recover.
Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, told the New York Daily News the Mayor's actions were disappointing and disrespectful.
'Even the Emperor Nero attempted to put the fire out in Rome,' Mullins said.
'If true, I am once again saddened for all New Yorkers as to the lack of leadership from City Hall. Hopefully much like the ashes of Rome, a more spectacular New York City will rise again.'
In a statement emailed to Daily Mail Online, spokesman Karen Hinton said Mayor de Blasio got the news at 7am and left for Staten Island at 11.15am.
She denied reports that the Mayor grabbed coffee at his favorite cafe Colson Patisserie after the gym.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3198745/Mayor-Bill-Blasio-went-1-5-hour-WORKOUT-instead-rushing-30-year-veteran-firefighter-shot-six-hour-stand-leader-Bloods.html
Mayor Bill de Blasio went for 1.5-hour WORKOUT instead of rushing to 30-year veteran firefighter who was shot during six-hour stand-off with leader of the Bloods
Lt James Hayes was shot twice by Bloods leader Garland Tyree at 6am
Even after he was hospitalized, police were engaged in 6-hour stand-off
Mayor de Blasio went to the gym and arrived at hospital 6 hours later
He insists he 'spoke with fire and police commissioners' from the gym
By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com
Published: 16:43 EST, 14 August 2015 | Updated: 21:39 EST, 14 August 2015
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