NYPD shooting shuts down Brooklyn intersection at Lewis Avenue and MylesMill has preliminary info from two senior police offiicials
The NYPD is asking people to avoid a Brooklyn intersection as it investigates a shooting involving its officers, two senior police officials say.
According to the senior officials, police responding to a call about a possible burglary on Lewis Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 1:15 p.m. Thursday encountered the suspect on the second floor of a home near Hancock Street. The suspect allegedly pointed a weapon and them, and both responding officers returned fire, striking the individual, the senior police officials said. The suspect was taken to a hospital in life-threatening condition.Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox.Neither officer was hurt, though both were taken to a hospital for treatment of tinnitus, or ringing in the ears.
The senior NYPD officials said a firearm was recovered at the scene. No other details were immediately available. ADVISORY: Due to a police investigation, at this time, please avoid the area of Lewis Ave and Hancock St in Brooklyn.
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