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2 Police Officers Are Shot in the Bronx Police Sergeant Fatally Shot in the Bronx; Another Is Injured
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Two New York City police officers were shot on Friday afternoon in the Bronx, the Police Department said. A New York City police sergeant was killed and another was wounded in a shooting on Friday in the Bronx, according to police investigators.
One of the officers, a sergeant, was shot in the head, and the other was shot in the leg by at least one gunman, according to two people briefed on the situation. The sergeant who died was shot in the head, according to two people briefed on the situation. The other sergeant was shot in the leg and was being treated at Jacobi Medical Center.
They said the gunman was also shot. The emergency call initially came in as a robbery in progress at a fifth-floor apartment on Beach Avenue, around 2:45 p.m., according to a law enforcement official.
Officials cautioned that accounts of the shooting were preliminary. The suspect fled the house in a car before being tracked down by the police a few blocks away. One of the sergeants approached the car and was shot in the face, the official said.
The police did not immediately release the names of the officers or the circumstances of the shooting. The second sergeant began exchanging gunfire with the suspect. More than 20 shots were fired, according to the official.
The Fire Department said it responded to a report of gunshots at 1575 Bronx River Avenue around 2:53 p.m. The suspect was shot and killed, the official said.
The authorities cautioned that accounts of the shooting were preliminary.
Scores of police officers swarmed the scene, many in tactical gear. A police helicopter flew overhead.
Dionice Perez, who lives on Noble Avenue nearby, said she had been startled by the volleys of gunfire.
“I heard the shots,” she said. “It was just pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.”
The last police officer killed in the line of duty in New York was Randolph Holder, who was shot in the head in October 2015 while responding to a call about gunshots in East Harlem.The last police officer killed in the line of duty in New York was Randolph Holder, who was shot in the head in October 2015 while responding to a call about gunshots in East Harlem.
The news came just days after two officers were killed in adjacent cities in Iowa.The news came just days after two officers were killed in adjacent cities in Iowa.