NYPD Officer Daniel Vargas Leaves Hospital After Being Shot In The Bronx
Vargas is still recovering from a bullet to his back. Police say the bullet struck him two inches below his bulletproof vest.
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Vargas is still recovering from a bullet to his back. Police say the bullet struck him two inches below his bulletproof vest.
CBS2 has learned he's been with the department for almost seven years and comes from a family of police officers.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea says the officer was struck one time in the lower back below his bulletproof vest.
Police said the victim left his car running while he went inside a restaurant to grab food. When he came out, it was gone.
It wasn't immediately clear if the officers were injured in the shooting.
One person is hospitalized in critical condition Saturday after a shooting in Brooklyn.
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A man is dead and another wounded following a shooting the Bronx.
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The NYPD closed an entire block of Lenox Road between Bedford and Rogers Avenues in Prospect Lefferts Gardens after shots were fired around 6 p.m. Monday.
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The first of three arches for the Portal North Bridge arrived at the construction site in Kearny Tuesday.
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