A New York City police officer assigned to the mayor’s security detail was struck on Sunday by an apparent BB or pellet gun outside the mayor’s residence in Manhattan, police said.
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The officer determined that she was shot in the back with a pellet gun, a source said.
Mayor de Blasio was not home at the time, and the NYPD says there is no threat to his security. Byron Smith/for New York Daily News Cops investigate the area near Gracie Mansion. She exited an unmarked vehicle outside of 170 East End Avenue at 7:15 on Sunday night when she felt pain in her back, a source said.
An 18-year-old boy and a 17-year-old woman have been taken into custody for questioning.
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Police say a number of home windows within the neighborhood even have been broken by pellet gun hearth lately.
