BY DEAN MOSES
An NYPD offi cer is recovering
from a gunshot wound
he sustained while attempting
to arrest an armed teenage
suspect in the Bronx on
Tuesday night.
At 9:31 p.m. on Jan. 18, authorities
said, six uniformed
police offi cers responded to
an unruly group of youths at
2356 Lorillard Place in Belmont
when a 16-year-old boy
approached a parked NYPD
vehicle with his hands in his
pockets, according to Chief of
Detectives James Essig.
Essig reported that the
teen refused to comply with
commands to show his hands,
leading to a physical struggle
between an offi cer and
the teenage suspect. During
the scuffl e, the suspect’s gun
went off, unleashing a single
round that passed through
his groin and into the offi cer’s
right leg.
Both the suspect and offi
cer were whisked to St.
Barnabas Hospital and are
expected to make recoveries,
police sources said.
The area is known to law
enforcement as a “problematic”
block rife with illegal
drugs, guns, and gang activity,
Essig revealed.
In addition, the wounded
suspect is an alleged gang
member of a subset group of
the Crips. Police sources said
the youngster has a prior record,
having been previously
arrested at the age of 14 in
2020 not far from where the
shooting took place for carrying
another fi rearm. He was
charged as a juvenile delinquent
and received probation.
The gun itself was found
to have been used in a South
Carolina shooting back in October
2020, authorities noted.
Following the incident and
visiting the wounded offi cer,
Mayor Eric Adams made a
candid statement regarding
his anger over yet another
shooting that left a member of
law enforcement injured.
“I’ve been privileged to
lead the NYPD for 18 days and
this is the second time I’ve
had to come to the hospital for
an offi cer shot. It underscores
that there are too many illegal
guns on the streets of New
York City. And all too often
those who are carrying them
The fi rearm recovered at the scene of the shooting of an NYPD offi cer on Tuesday night in Belmont.
Photo courtesy NYPD
are young,” Police Commissioner
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, J 2 JAN. 21-27, 2022 BTR
Keechant Sewell said
while visiting the injured offi
cer just after midnight on
Jan. 19.
“This individual was just
placed on probation for possession
of a gun in December,
in January he’s back in possession
of a gun. Something is
wrong with that. We are making
tactical errors on preventing
the law enforcement community
from being able to
rid our communities of guns.
That’s unacceptable,” Adams
added. “I am just frustrated
with this.”
Adams also called upon
prosecutors and law makers
to help keep dangerous individuals
off the streets.
“Our city must be safe.
That’s the promise I made
and that’s the promise I’m going
to keep and we’re going
to utilize our agency to carry
this out. But we do need help
to bring this city back to a
safe city,” Adams pleaded.
Cop shot in Belmont during
struggle with armed teen
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