The New York City Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in locating an individual wanted in connection with the attempted Homicide of an NYPD Sergeant at 167-12 Union Hall Street, in the confines of the 103 Precinct.

On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at approximately 2230 hours, a M/B/24 shot and wounded Sergeant Craig Bier.
Suspect: John Thomas
                  10/21/1987
                  5'11", 180 pounds, with long hair
A copy of the photo can be found at www.facebook.com/nypd

A $22,000 reward has been offered leading to the arrest and conviction for the person(s) responsible for attempted homicide.  A breakdown of the reward money is as follows:

$2,000 from Crime Stoppers - Arrest and Indictment

$10,000 from the New York City Police Dept. - Arrest and Conviction

$10,000 from COP-SHOT - Arrest and Conviction

Anyone with information in regards to this robbery is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.