Two N.Y.P.D. Officers Are Shot in the Bronx
The New York Times
The shooting took place around 8:15 p.m. in the Belmont section. The officers, who were responding to a report of a gun, were expected to survive.
Two New York City patrol officers responding to a radio report of a gun were shot in the Bronx around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the police.
The officers were brought to St. Barnabas Hospital and were expected to survive, the police said. A suspect was taken into custody and was being treated at the same hospital.
The officers were responding to the radio report when the shooting took place on Beaumont Avenue, in the Belmont section of the borough, the police said. Mayor Bill de Blasio was on his way to the hospital, where he and Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea were expected to hold a news conference late Wednesday night.
