NYPD: Suspect In Stable Condition Following Police-Involved Shooting In Manhattan Park
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police shot an armed suspect at a park Sunday in Manhattan, the NYPD says.
It happened shortly after 8 p.m. inside Fort Washington Park near West 168th Street in Washington Heights.
Police said they received a report of shots fired, and two officers encountered the 23-year-old suspect.
He allegedly ignored repeated warnings to drop his gun and pointed it at the officers, who both fired their weapons, hitting him in the torso.
He was hospitalized in stable condition, and the gun was recovered.
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