Rookie NYPD Officer Brett Boller, 22, was shot this week during a struggle in Queens. Here's what we know.
. According to police, an MTA bus driver flagged down two police officers, telling them two men were involved in a fight over a seat.
When officers approached the bus, the suspect exited the front of the bus and pushed past the officers as he fled north on 161st Street. Boller and his partner were able to catch up with the suspect, and a brief struggle ensued. "One of the officers caught up with the perpetrator," Chief of Detectives James Essig added. "A brief struggle occurred. The perpetrator fired one shot, striking our officer in the hip. The second police officer returned fire two times."The NYPD is still hunting for the gunman who shot a rookie NYPD officer in the hip on Wednesday.
The suspect fled on 161st Street and into a parking garage on 88th Avenue, where police managed to recover a black bubble jacket, black mask and orange sweatshirt that matches what the suspect was said to be wearing. Police also said he has a distinctive tattoo of the name Jocelyn on his left hand. Boller, a 103rd Precinct officer who had only joined the department in July 2022, was shot in the right hip, according to authorities. He was taken into surgery and recovering at Jamaica Hospital.
"He was where our communities tell us they want their officers to be, standing by a foot post," Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. "He was flagged down by a community member who needed help. He was taking police action, then he was shot."BREAKING NEWS
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