Harry Rupnarine is a former New York City police officer who was convicted in the May 2007 shooting death of his fiance, Guiatree Hardat. During his trial, Rupnarine testified that he'd accidentally shot Hardat while trying to fend off a would-be attacker as the couple walked in Queens, New York.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/26/2009-09-26_prosecution_mocks_excops_claim_he_accidentally_shot_his_wife_in_the_head.html
On September 30, 2009, a jury found the 39-year-old Rupnarine guilty of second-degree murder.http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/transit_cop_found_guilty_in_fiancee_6I4wWG5lMBpeeWXGQekQzL
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Rupnarine was convicted in September 2009 of killing fiance Guiatree Hardat
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Hardat, 22, was shot to death on May 10, 2007
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Rupnarine claimed the shooting was accidental; said he was aiming for a would-be attacker
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Rupnarine was on the Brooklyn Transit Task Force at the time of the shooting
