The New York Police Department said an EMT was shot inside an ambulance by an unruly 37-year-old man being transported from a Staten Island bar to a hospital.
The driver pulled over the ambulance near 646 Forest Ave., where the patient exited the ambulance’s back door. The man was quickly apprehended by a retired NYPD detective and an off-duty Department of Sanitation police lieutenant, Molinari said. "When I rounded the corner, I did hearsay, ‘He shot my partner,’ and that's when I knew something happened," DSNY Lt. Joseph Perrone told FOX 5 NY."That's when I knew I had to react.
"I knew he could get away at any time — that gun could be in play. I decided to move that gun out of play."The retired detective and sanitation officer held the man until NYPD officers arrived. The driver of the ambulance then transported her injured partner to the Richmond University Medical Center, where he was hospitalized in stable condition.
The wounded EMT, identified as Richard McMahon, was released from the hospital Thursday. Video showed him smiling in a wheelchair while fellow first responders greeted him with applause. Molinari said the suspected gunman had
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