A New York City police officer was shot and killed during a vehicle stop, authorities said Monday.
According to the NYPD, two officers, part of the NYPD Community Response Team, stopped a vehicle at 1919 Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens just before 5:48 p.m.
File photo of a New York City Police Department patrol car. A New York City woman died Sunday morning when she fell while trying to get into her boyfriend’s car and was hit by another SUV, police said. (Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
According to the New York Post, the 34-year-old suspect, who has been arrested 21 times, displayed a firearm and refused to exit his vehicle when two police officers approached him. , said NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban. he told reporters. The suspect then fired, striking the officer in the abdomen.
“We’ve been here many times,” Cavan said.
Another officer returned fire and struck the suspect, and the suspect’s gun was recovered at the scene.
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The driver of the car was arrested on suspicion of gun possession in April 2023, police said.
