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The 21-year-old Hofstra student who was killed during
a Long Island home invasion was shot dead by a police officer as the
gunman had her in a headlock and was trying to drag her out of the
house, officials said Saturday.
Nassau County Police said at a news
conference Andrea Rebello was killed by police, not by the armed gunman
who was trying to rob the off-campus house where she was living with her
twin sister, Jessica, and several others.
Rebello, a Hofstra junior studying
public relations, and suspect Dalton Smith, 30, were both shot and
killed as he was trying to back away from police with a gun to her head,
police said.
An officer fired eight rounds, seven of which hit the suspect and one that hit Rebello in the head, police said.
Police said the officer that fired the fatal shots is a former NYPD cop who has been with the Nassau department for 12 years.
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