{"id":192812,"date":"2026-04-10T22:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192812\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:54:09","slug":"cop-killer-who-shot-nypd-officer-gerard-carter-outside-nyc-housing-development-in-1998-dies-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192812\/","title":{"rendered":"Cop killer who shot NYPD officer Gerard Carter outside NYC housing development in 1998 dies in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cop killer who fatally shot NYPD Housing officer Gerard Carter <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/1999\/12\/14\/cops-teen-killer-gets-the-max\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 1998 has died behind bars while serving a max prison sentence<\/a>, according to correction officials.<\/p>\n<p>Depraved shooter Shatiek Johnson, 45, died on Tuesday after serving more than 25 years at Attica Correctional Facility, according to the state\u2019s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.86425781;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39053501\" width=\"510\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/police-officer-gerard-carter-shot-125373691.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white portrait of NYPD Officer Gerard Carter in uniform with &quot;30176 CARTER&quot; on his badge.\" class=\"wp-image-39053501\"  \/>Fallen Police Officer Gerard Carter NYPD\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what he succumbed to as authorities investigate and conduct a toxicology report, according to law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, then 17, shot Carter, 28, at point blank as the cop and his partner sat in a marked police van on patrol outside a Staten Island housing development on July 26, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Carter died days later, leaving behind his young son, who was only seven years old. He had served on the force for five years.<\/p>\n<p>Carter\u2019s ex-wife, Jozette Carter-Williams, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/2026\/04\/after-26-years-of-anxiety-family-of-murdered-staten-island-nypd-officer-can-finally-breathe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told the Staten Island Advance<\/a> that with Johnson\u2019s death, she believes Carter\u2019s legacy can endure without his son worrying about if the cop killer would be freed by the state\u2019s parole board one day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe grew up to be an amazing man, but no one knew what he was dealing with internally because Gerard was his best friend,\u201d she said of her now adult son Louis.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9453125;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39053496\" width=\"558\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-27-98-cop-shot-61913747.jpg\" alt=\"Shatiek Johnson, in light blue scrubs, is escorted by detectives outside the 120th Precinct.\" class=\"wp-image-39053496\"  \/>Shatiek Johnson, in light blue scrubs, is escorted by detectives outside the 120th Precinct. New York Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to see him yesterday, and he just said, \u2018Mom, I\u2019m just glad that it\u2019s over and we don\u2019t have to keep going to try to fight to keep him behind bars.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also beat a homeless man to death when he was just 15 years old, and only served two years in prison. The Blood gang member was also accused of shooting a rival gang member.<\/p>\n<p>The violent teen avoided the possibility of the death penalty \u2013 that was still in place statewide in the 1990s \u2013 because he was too young to be executed. <\/p>\n<p>A community center in Carter\u2019s name opened in 2011 and is located in the Stapleton neighborhood on Staten Island. The slain officer also has a street named after him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGerard\u2019s legacy will continue to shine, and it\u2019ll be impactful within his community, family and friends. We\u2019re always going to remain committed to his memory and his legacy, his life will continue to move forward today,\u201d Carter-Williams told the Staten Island Advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cop killer who fatally shot NYPD Housing officer Gerard Carter in 1998 has died behind bars while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[303,9,56,63,65,64,103,134,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-192812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-ny","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-nyc-headlines","13":"tag-nyc-news","14":"tag-nypd","15":"tag-staten-island","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}