The officer was taken to Kings County Hospital and is said to be in stable condition.
According to NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the officer was on patrol in a marked NYPD vehicle near Pitkin Avenue and Legion Street at around 4:30 p.m. when a suspect walking on foot nearby suddenly, and without provocation produced a firearm and opened fire in broad daylight.
Police say that during the gunfire, one bullet struck the driver's side window of the patrol vehicle, smashing the glass. The officer driving the vehicle sustained an injury to his arm and was taken to Kings County Hospital where he is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Police recovered a pistol near the scene of the shooting.
"More and more, we need every arm of the criminal justice system to participate in this fight, and we feel as though it's not," Mayor Eric Adams said in a press conference addressing the shooting where he criticized thethat struck down key portions of the New York's gun-licensing law for making the NYPD's job more difficult.
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