Betty Bier (center) and other members of the family arrive at Jamaica Hospital to visit NYPD Sgt. Craig Bier who was shot on both of his legs during a gunfight with a suspect.

When the phone rang late at her Long Island home, Betty Bier — NYPD wife and mother — knew what was coming. “My husband was a cop, and he was shot once when my kids were little,” said Bier ...

Bier’s mom, Betty, said her son, a divorced father of a boy, 4, was expected to make a full recovery. “Thank God my son was sitting up talking — otherwise, I would’ve been a basket case.

Police at the 103 precinct posted a sketch of the suspected shooter. ( )This Ruger 9mm handgun was recovered from the scene. (DCPI)Police officers swarmed to Queens to search for the gunman who sho… ...

Bier describes the intensity of focusing on each figure at a time, and her portrayer, as a gathering emotional force. “I fell in love with Betty Ford’s story, her being so candid, this elegant ...

Bier's mother, Betty, told WCBS 880's Sophia Hall it was gut-wrenching to get a call saying her son had been shot. "Not good for a mother. Horrible. I had no heart, no stomach, ...

Bier's father, a former NYPD detective, was grazed in the face while on the job in Manhattan "when my kids were small," Betty Bier said. "I think it's worse with a son," she added.

His mother, Betty Bier, said afterward that the shooting of her son was a repeat of a violent part of the family’s NYPD history. In 1971, ...

The officer was flanked by his mother, Betty Bier, and his father, retired NYPD Det. Richard Bier, who in 1971 was also shot in the line of duty.