An NYPD officer who was shot in the head while sitting in an unmarked car in Queens Saturday has died from his injuries. <br /> <br />Brian Moore, 25, died Monday, the NYPD confirmed. <br /> <br />"Condolences to the family of PO Brian Moore who lost his life today. RIP to a true hero. We will never forget. #Hero," the NYPD 104th Precinct tweeted Monday afternoon. <br /> <br />"The shooting of Officer Brian Moore over the weekend was a deplorable act of violence that has robbed New York of one of its finest," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Monday. "As a member of the NYPD, Officer Moore put the safety of his fellow New Yorkers before his own, and we will remember his service with gratitude and pride. I join with all New Yorkers in mourning his passing and send my deepest condolences to his friends and family." <br /> <br />Moore underwent surgery for what court papers described as "severe injuries to his skull and brain" and had been in a coma. <br /> <br />The suspect, Demetrius Blackwell, was ordered held without bail Sunday after appearing in Queens Criminal Court. He did not enter a plea to charges of attempted murder. <br /> <br />According to the New York Post, Blackwell has a record of 10 arrests, including five on charges of robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and grand larceny. <br /> <br />Prosecutors planned to present the case to a grand jury before Blackwell's next court appearance on Friday. <br /> <br />Blackwell's court-appointed lawyer, David Bart, said his client denied the charges. <br /> <br />Police on Monday continued to search for the weapon. <br /> <br />Assistant District Attorney Peter McCormack said Moore and patrol partner Erik Jansen -- both in plainclothes in an unmarked police car -- approached Blackwell on a Queens street after seeing him tugging at his waistband around 6:15 p.m. Saturday and asked him "What are you carrying?" <br /> <br />The officers ordered Blackwell to stop and exchanged words with him. That's when Blackwell turned, the prosecutor said, and "in a vicious manner started to fire" -- at least two shots. <br /> <br />Jansen was not hit and radioed for help. <br /> <br />Moore, who has been on the job since July 2010, comes from a family of police officers. His father and uncle are retired NYPD sergeants, and his cousin is a city cop, the New York Post reported. <br /> <br />Moore's listed address is a small, well-kept house in the Long Island hamlet of Massapequa -- a tight-knit community where neighbors have known each other well for decades. Many families have relatives who are police officers. <br /> <br />Neighbors had only kind words for Moore, some saying they shed tears after hearing he was shot. <br /> <br />"He's a good kid," an unidentified woman told the New York Post. "We're all praying for him. I've known him since he was a baby."
