NYPD lieutenant shot by gang member
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
An NYPD lieutenant is lucky
to be alive after being shot during
a struggle with an armed
perpetrator in the Bronx on Friday
night, police reported.
The lieutenant assigned to
the 42nd Precinct was treated
and released at Jacobi Hospital
for a bullet wound to his ankle,
according to Police Commissioner
Dermot Shea, who said
the ranking offi cer would make
a full recovery.
Shea said the lieutenant and
three offi cers involved in the
struggle were able to take the
gunman into custody without
further incident. The suspect
has a prior arrest record and is
known to the department as a
gang member.
The commissioner outlined
the preliminary details of the
shooting during a press conference
early Saturday morning
outside Jacobi Hospital.
According to Shea, the trouble
began at about 11:55 p.m. on
July 30, when the lieutenant
and three other 42nd Precinct
offi cers were on patrol in an
unmarked car in front of 1364
Lyman Place in Charlotte Gardens.
The commissioner said they
were on a detail specifi cally
to combat gun violence in the
area.
During their patrol, Shea reported,
the offi cers spotted the
suspect acting suspicious, and
they got out of their unmarked
vehicle to investigate.
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“Immediately upon exiting
the car, the male takes off running,”
the commissioner said.
“After approximately 50 feet,
and that’s my quick view from
the body camera footage, they
apprehend the male and a violent
struggle ensues.”
The lieutenant and three offi
cers wrestled with the gunman
for between fi ve and eight
minutes, Shea said. He commended
the offi cers for showing
“incredible restraint” as they
repeatedly ordered the man to
drop the weapon while attempting
to arrest him.
During the struggle, Shea
said, the perpetrator allegedly
fi red one shot which went
through the lieutenant’s ankle
and landed in a nearby parked
car. Even so, the offi cers were fi -
nally able to subdue the suspect
and take him into custody without
further incident.
It could have been much
worse, Shea noted.
Upon recovering the
weapon, a 9 mm Smith and Wesson
revolver, police found that it
was loaded with 12 live rounds.
Fortunately for the offi cers,
Shea said, one shell casing had
“stove-piped” in the chamber,
rendering the weapon incapable
of fi ring any additional bullets.
Police have withheld the
suspect’s name at this time due
to the ongoing investigation,
the commissioner noted. He’s
known to the department as a
street gang member and had
been arrested on a weapons possession
charge eight months
ago.
The three other offi cers involved
in the struggle were
treated at Jacobi Hospital for
minor bruises, Shea added.
Shea indicated that the
NYPD would soon release bodycam
footage of the incident.
The weapon used in the July 30, 2021, shooting of an NYPD lieutenant on Lyman Place. Photo courtesy NYPD
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