2 Arrested in Slaying of Rookie N.Y. Officer

Two suspects were arrested today in the killing of a rookie cop who was shot in the head while guarding a drug witness--a shooting that prompted Mayor Edward Koch to refer to President Reagan as a “wimp” in the war on drugs.

Police sources identified the suspects as Todd Scott, 19, and Scott Cobb, 24, but declined to release details of the charges. Police Commissioner Benjamin Ward called the execution-style slaying last Friday of Officer Edward Byrne, 22, a “deliberate assassination” and Koch took out a full page ad in the New York Times, calling Reagan a wimp and asking for help in stopping the plague of drug incidents.