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N.Y. City Council member killed . Yellow Pages . Get A Loan . expedia.com . Shopping - - James Davis, a fOrmer New York police officer, represented Brooklyn on the City Council. CITY OFFICIALS told NBC News that the council member, James E. Davis, 41, of Brooklyn, died of his wounds at New York University Downtown hospital. NBC affiliate WNBC- TV of New York, citing police sources, said a plainclothes officer shot the gunman on the balcony. He died later at the same hospital. The gunman was sitting in the balcony near Davis when he suddenly opened fire, striking the council member, police sources told The Associated Press. The security officer, who was on the floor of the chamber, shot up at the gunman, striking him five times, the sources said. The gunman, who was not immediately identified, was also described as a political opponent and was able to walk into the building unchecked because of his ties to Davis, the station said, quoting witnesses. A third man was wounded in the shootout, WNBC reported. Davis, who had specialized in criminal justice issues since joining the council in 2001, founded Love Yourself Stop the Violence, a non-profit foundation dedicated to stopping urban violence, in 1991. He was a former New York City police officer and an instructor at the police academy. His official council biography said he was a minister, but it did not say whether he had been formally ordained or in what denomination. Although police said the gunman was dead, subway stations around City Hall were stilI closed, as were the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. Police were said to be seeking a slim, well-dressed man in a blue suit or blazer. http://www.msnbc.com/news/943119.asp Page 2 of 5 Monrov . . . 7/23/2003