NYPD officers shot an armed suspect in the stomach in Brooklyn on Friday night, police say.
NEW YORK â New York City police officers shot an armed suspect in the stomach in Brooklyn on Friday night, police say.It happened around 9:45 p.m. on East 80th Street near Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie .According to police, uniformed officers were driving in two unmarked vehicles when they heard a single gunshot. Police say they then saw a 50-year-old man run out of a convenience store and up the sidewalk.
According to police, the suspect ignore multiple commands to stop, then ran behind a tree and pointed a firearm at a police sergeant.Four NYPD members discharged their firearms, and the suspect was struck in the torso, police say. Officers rendered first aid and the suspect was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, according to police.Police say officers recovered one firearm at the scene, and a second firearm â a ghost gun â was found inside the convenience store.
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