NYPD Detective Shot in Back in Blazing Crown Heights Gunfight with Armed Teen
A veteran NYPD detective just 10 days from retirement was shot in the back Sunday morning in a wild Brooklyn gunfight that erupted when he and another cop jumped out of their car to confront an armed teen.
The 18-year-old alleged gunman was nabbed after a dramatic foot chase following the shootout, which occurred at Nostrand Avenue and St. Johns Place in Crown Heights around 4:45 a.m. — and miraculously left the wounded cop, a married dad of three, with just minor injuries.
The shooting broke out when the teen approached an unmarked NYPD car holding a semiautomatic pistol, according to police.