Upstate NY officers killed in shootout with gun-wielding madman ID’d as Michael Jensen, Michael Hoosock

The two “hero” upstate law-enforcement officers killed in a Sunday night shootout with a gun-wielding madman have been identified as Syracuse cop Michael Jenson and Onondaga County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hoosock.

Jensen had been with the department for about three years and was known as an ambitious, hard-working policeman.

The sheriff’s deputy had been with the office for a longer time and “was just a great guy,” according to county Sheriff Toby Shelley.

“This is a dark day for Syracuse,” city Mayor Ben Walsh said earlier Monday. “This is our worst nightmare come true.”

Authorities identified the officers’ killer earlier Monday as Christopher Murphy, a 33-year-old man from the Syracuse suburb of Salina.

Murphy also died during the gun battle, which happened outside his house about 9 p.m.