One of the cops pulled in front of Rodríguez while another trailed behind the shooter.

The 32-year-old man then stepped off his bike and unloaded his gun, striking the shoulder of cop who was in front of him. Rodríguez turned towards the second cop, who stood on a sidewalk, and miraculously missed each of the shots he fired.

Rodríguez immediately took off running but the hero cop responded with fire, shooting him in the abdomen and buttocks.

Paramedics later arrived on the scene and took him to Olaya Polyclinic, where he died two hours later after doctors tried to save his life during an operation, according to Colombian media outlet Pulzo.

Rodríguez had previously been arrested for aggravated robbery, sexual abuse and escaping from a prison.

Lyon, France: a man armed with a knife attacked people out shopping in the southeastern French town of Romans-sur-Isère on Saturday, killing two and wounding four, the mayor said. The town is currently under a coronavirus lockdown, although people are allowed out to buy essentials. The attacks took place in the morning outside a bakery where customers were queuing, and at shops in the town center, according to Mayor Marie-Hélène Thoraval, who said the assailant had been arrested. Witnesses told Reuters the man struck at random and in several places while moving around the town center. It was not immediately clear if the attacks had any link to the lockdown. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said security services were trying to establish the nature and circumstances of the incident.

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Primorye county, Russia: a bridge collapsed, fortunately no injuries.

Multiple patients infected with coronavirus were transferred to the hospital ship Comfort from the Javits Center in New York by mistake, three U.S. officials tell Fox News. The number of Covid-19 patients brought on board the hospital ship was estimated to be “less than five,” one official said. This information has not been previously reported. The patients were transferred sometime Friday, according to the officials. At the time the patients were transferred to the hospital ship Comfort, the initial screening did not indicate they were positive, officials said. The hospital ship is located on Pier 90 on Manhattan’s west side and arrived in New York Monday. The vessel has a “couple dozen” patients on board right now, according to chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman. Part of the protocol before receiving patients onboard Comfort is for a coronavirus test to be performed.

Test of medical masks. Somewhere in Italy.

The ousted commander of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt may face further disciplinary action, the acting Navy secretary said. Crozier, 50, was relieved of his command following the publication of a letter he wrote to senior military officials. The letter described the dire situation on the ship following an outbreak of the virus and demanded help. Crozier’s removal has been highly controversial, with videos and images spreading over social media showing the overwhelming support of the Roosevelt crew, as well as petitions calling for Crozier to be reinstated. Over 120,000 people have signed the petition, Fox News reported. The Navy said Friday that 137 crew members had tested positive for the virus and that nearly 600 sailors were being quarantined in Guam.

Meanwhile. in #NY ...

President Donald Trump warned there will be many American deaths in the coming week in a somber start to his daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic Saturday at the White House. Trump predicted that the coming week would be one of the 'toughest' weeks the country could face due to the spreading disease. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States have increased by 100,000 in the past three days as the death toll stretched over 8,000 on Saturday. New York City continues to be the epicenter of the nation's outbreak where 1,867 people have lost their lives. 'This will probably be the toughest week - between this week and next week,' Trump told reporters. 'There will be a lot of death, unfortunately. But a lot less death than if this wasn't done,' he added of the measures taken to prevent the spread of the virus.

Hundreds of motorcycle riders held a mass funeral procession in Queens, New York, despite social distancing rules put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus which has hit the borough the hardest. Video shows two New York Police Department officers directing traffic outside the Leahy McDonald Funeral home in the Jamaica section of Queens at around 10:30am. The Sergeants Benevolent Association, a police union representing 13,000 active and retired NYPD sergeants, posted video of the procession and blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio for allowing ‘more lunacy.’

FDNY turn on the lights for frontline COVID-19 workers

An Illinois couple is dead in a murder-suicide this week after a 54-year-old man told relatives he feared the two of them had contracted the coronavirus, authorities said. Deputies from the Will County Sheriff’s Office went to the Lockport Township home of Patrick Jesernik and Cheryl Schriefer, 59, for a welfare check Thursday — and found them dead in separate rooms with gunshot wounds to their heads, Fox News reported. The responding deputies recovered a loaded revolver with two spent shell casings and three additional rounds, according to the sheriff’s office. The person who called police told deputies that Jesernik’s parents asked him to check on their son because they hadn’t heard from him. Investigators said autopsies later found that Schriefer had been shot in the back of the head at close range, and Jesernik died of a self-inflicted gunshot. The autopsies also found that neither of them had COVID-19. #facepalm