Officer critical after shooting; suspect killed

DETROIT — A man who critically wounded a Detroit police officer responding to a domestic dispute was caught on video surveillance chambering a round into a handgun as officers knocked on the door to his apartment building, the city’s police chief said Monday.

Cameras inside the west side building also recorded the man going down some stairs and extending the .380-caliber pistol as he opened the exterior door where the officers stood on the other side, James Craig told reporters.

One of the officers, described as a 14-year Detroit police veteran, exchanged shots Sunday night with the man, later identified as James Edward Ray, 46.

“Simultaneously, both the officer and the suspect fell to the ground,” Craig said.

The second officer also fired shots at Ray before dragging his partner away. successfully landed the booster for recycling.

The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its NASA-leased pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

It was SpaceX’s first mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. No details were divulged about the newly launched NRO satellite. Instead, SpaceX focused its webcast on the successful touchdown of the first-stage booster.

The leftover booster — its job done — landed next door at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station several minutes after liftoff. Sonic booms rattled the area, serving as a Monday morning wake-up call. Across the country, cheers erupted at SpaceX Mission Control at company headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

SpaceX strives to return most of its boosters for reuse. The company’s first recycled rocket flew last month.