De Blasio absent at NYPD Commish Shea’s “cop hit” briefing

Where was Bill?

Mayor de Blasio was not present at the NYPD press conference on Saturday morning regarding the shooting of a police lieutenant in the Bronx, and city hall did not provide an explanation for his absence.

“That’s typical of him,” grumbled a police source from Hizzoner. “He never cared about the police. So it’s no surprise that he’s showing his true colors with only a few months left.

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea briefed the media outside Jacobi Medical Center at around 4 a.m. on Saturday about the status of the injured lieutenant, who was shot dead Friday night in the Bronx while fighting with the accused gunman and documented gang member Jerome Roman, 26.

Roman was rushed to hospital after the episode, and his arraignment was pending in Bronx Criminal Court on Saturday, cops said. The officer was treated in a hospital and released after being shot in the ankle.

The mayor had a difficult relationship with the NYPD during his tenure.

Among his missteps: In July 2017, de Blasio got hot after skipping a darkened NYPD swearing-in ceremony the same week after a cop was murdered – then hours later he revealed that ‘he was busy preparing to take off to join leftist protesters at the G-20 Summit in Germany.