Two New York City police officers were shot in a Harlem gunfight Friday night — one fatally and one critically wounded — days after a 16-year-old boy allegedly wounded another officer in the Bronx, according to police sources.
An NYPD spokesperson confirmed that two officers had been shot near 119 West 135th Street in the NYPD’s 32nd Precinct but said their conditions were not immediately available. They were rushed to Harlem Hospital.
Despite earlier indications that both officers had died, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said during a late-night news briefing that one had died and the other was fighting for his life.
NYPD officers are seen at the site of a shooting in Harlem on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in New York. A New York Police Department officer was killed and another gravely injured Friday night after responding to a domestic disturbance call, according to a law enforcement official.(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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She said the slain officer was just 22 years old.
The suspect also died.
“It is our city against the killers,” Mayor Eric Adams said during the news briefing. “This was not an attack on three brave officers. This was an attack on the city of New York.”
Officers arrived at an apartment in response to a domestic violence call involving a mother and her son at around 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The son opened fire, sources told Fox News, striking both officers.
A third NYPD officer returned fire, striking the suspect.
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NYPD dispatch logs obtained by Fox News Digital show the call came in from a woman having a dispute with her son.
Police said the mother had no injuries and no weapons
Police arrived and met the caller and her son. After a brief conversation, she told the officers her other son, who had been involved in the dispute, was in the back bedroom.
One officer remained in the front of the apartment as the…
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