The NYPD is out with new crime stats, and they say assaults on officers are on the rise. It comes as police continue to search for the man who shot an officer in Queens on Wednesday. CBS2's Tim McNicholas reports.
Multiple police agencies and politicians identified the officer as 22-year-old Brett Boller, who was shot in the hip and underwent surgery at Jamaica Hospital.
The suspect allegedly shot Boller when he and his partner responded to a dispute on an MTA bus in Jamaica, Queens on Wednesday afternoon. There is a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Cellphone video obtained by CBS2 shows the dramatic moments as Boller's fellow officers rushed to his rescue.
"As far as the perp's gun, we haven't recovered it. We have shell casings recovered, but no firearm was recovered," said NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig. "[Boller] was appointed to the police department in July of last year, assigned to this command in January of this year," Sewell said.
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