Injured was Police Officer William Reddin who was struck in the hip and his partner Police Officer Andrew Yurkiw, hit in his vest at point-blank range. He was listed in critical condition at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn and it wasn’t immediately clear whether he had retained an attorney.
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Two NYPD officers were shot in Bed-Stuy early Saturday morning while trying to arrest an armed suspect, police said.
Two NYPD officers were shot early Saturday by a suspect with whom they were engaged in a vehicle chase.
Police in Philadelphia said they were investigating whether a man who shot and wounded an officer January 7 had ties to a group with radical beliefs.
Authorities said one officer suffered “blunt-force trauma” after a bullet hit the officer’s bullet-proof vest. They will recover at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn.
Investigators say a. 357 revolver was recovered from the front seat of Funes’ vehicle with five spent shell casings inside. Mayor Bill de Blasio wrote on Twitter that he met with the officers, both of whom are alert and with their families. Funes served three years in prison on those charges. The two wounded officers were possibly shot by friendly fire, and an investigation is underway, according to the paper. As they approached Funes, he pointed a revolver and fled.
Police were investigating how many officers fired and the exact sequence of events, including whether police themselves fired any of the shots that injured their colleagues.
During the engagement, the two police officers were struck by gunfire, police said. Both work a plain-clothes detail with the 81st Precinct’s anti-crime unit, Bratton added. The incident began when two housing police officers responded to shots fired at Quincy Street and Malcolm X Boulevard. Officers opened fire, striking Funes several times.
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A gun believed to be the suspect’s was found near the scene, the source said.
