2 NYPD Officers Wounded In Brooklyn Shootout; Suspect Shot
NEW YORK (AP) — City officials say two New York City Police Department officers have been wounded in a shootout with a suspect who crashed his car into a police vehicle.
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton says the officers were shot in a confrontation in Brooklyn just before 3:30 a.m. Saturday. He says one officer was struck in his bulletproof vest and suffered blunt force trauma, and the other officer was shot below his vest, in the right hip. The officers are in stable condition at Kings County Hospital and expected to make a full recovery.
Officials say the suspect, 34-year-old James Funes, was shot multiple times. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital. There was no word on his condition.
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