CBS 6 Albany
August 26, 2015
Two Troy Police officers are recovering after they were shot by a would-be carjacker in the area of 112th St. and 5th Ave.
Saturday night around 10:30. Police say they received a call for an attempted carjacking with a description of the would-be carjacker.
An officer who was in the area went to that intersection and saw a person who fit the description and followed him while he waited for backup.
When another officer joined him, they approached the man and he fired on them with a handgun.
The officers fired back, hitting the man.
Officer Joshua Comitale, a 7 year veteran of the force, was injured in both legs.
Officer Chad Klein, 9 years on the force, was shot point blank in the shoulder when he responded.
The officers were taken to Albany Medical Center. The man they shot was later identified as Thaddeus Faison, 39, from Albany.
He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital and was later pronounced dead.
Troy Police say Faison was a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal past.