The NYPD says an officer was wounded in a broad daylight gunbattle in upper Manhattan that left one suspect dead.
It happened at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Washington Heights as officers were responding to a 911 call of shots fired. The 5 �-year veteran is expected to survive.
Police say the officer had spotted a suspect with a handgun run into a parking lot. As the officer pursues him on foot, police say the suspect takes cover behind a car and fires three rounds.
The officer fires back once before being struck in the armpit.
At the same time, police say the officer�s partner drives an unmarked patrol car into the parking lot and engages fire with the suspect, fatally striking him once in the chest.
The handgun was recovered.
VIDEO & UPDATE: #NYPD Officer shot at W 187 Street and Wasdworth Avenue in #Manhattan; One suspect shot dead, second suspect in custody. #WashingtonHeights pic.twitter.com/lJjFUYm4wY
— NYScanner (@nyscanner) April 18, 2019
(1/3) at 4:30pm today, officers from the @NYPD34Pct received a 911 call for �shots fired� in Washington Heights. At the location, they approached a man who matched description. The man then ran with a gun in his hand, and an officer pursued him on foot into a parking garage. pic.twitter.com/VpTly9xMYP
� NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) April 18, 2019
(3/3) One bullet fired by the suspect goes past the officer and through the windshield of the police car. The officer then fires 3 rounds at the pertrator, striking him in the chest. Pictures of the car and the gun found at the scene below. pic.twitter.com/VpjYPgyxjN
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) April 18, 2019
NY| Washington Heights | *Officer Shot* | 34 PCT| E 187 St & Wadsworth Ave| NYPD confirmed an officer shot & is in stable condition. A suspect was shot & killed after a chase. @policeradio1 @NYPD34Pct
4/18/19 18:00Full Video: https://t.co/XtNaqqJ1EN pic.twitter.com/8F7R9CE8pD
— Second Alarm Media ? (@AlarmSecond) April 19, 2019
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The intersection is still closed & swarming with police officers this morning. Fortunately, despite all the activity, I was able to get some shut eye overnite, before Seder nite. But what a colossal sum of taxpayers’ money, these police investigations cost. Shooter is dead, and all the investigations aren’t bringing shooter back to life, so accomplish nothing.