Drunken Off-Duty NYPD Officer Luis Arnao Facing Vehicular Manslaughter & DUI After Hitting Tyre Chisholm on Bronx Street

Drunken off-duty NYPD officer Luis Arnao is facing murder charges after killing Tyre Chisholm with his sedan as Chisholm crossed White Plains Road in the Wakefield at East 241st Street in the Bronx early Wednesday. When will people learn that drinking and driving is a deadly combination? I used to live near 241st Street eons ago, so I am very familiar with the area. On onlooker said the young man was hit so hard, "he flew up in the air, his shoes flew off with his socks still in them." Dang, that was a hard blow.

Officer Arnao was charged with vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. His blood-alcohol level was .07, the New York Daily News said. Arnao, who was released on $20,000 bond, was immediately suspended. He hasn't been a cop for very long, having been sworn in in July 2010. He was assigned to Patrol Borough Bronx.