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Famed Documentary Film Editor Killed In NYC Hit-And-Run

A woman was killed while crossing the street while carrying groceries to her home on the Upper West Side this week. The NYPD says that the 39-year-old woman was plowed down by a robber who was fleeing police.

Karen Schmerr, an acclaimed documentary film editor who worked on such files as “The Fog of War,” “Fast, Cheap and Out of Control,” “Sketches of Frank Gehry,” and “Sergio,” was struck while crossing Broadway St. near West 90th Ave. in Manhattan.

Police say that they have arrested 25-year-old David McKie of Brooklyn, who was driving a Dodge away from a drugstore when he and friends had stolen roughly $1000 worth of prescription drugs. He drove through several red lights without his lights on and while weaving dangerously in and out of traffic before striking and killing the woman.

Police say that after hitting and killing the woman, two men abandoned their vehicle and ran on foot. NYC police captured McKie, who they say got out of the drivers’ side door of the SUV. Another man who exited from the passenger’s side door is still being pursued. A third man who ran from the drugstore on foot is also being sought by police. Police officer Michael Monteverde first noticed the get away.

McKie has been charged with murder, though his accomplices remain on the run. He could face 25 years in prison to life in prison for his deadly New York City hit-and-run pedestrian accident.

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