An NYPD detective is expected to recover after he was shot in the leg while executing a narcotics warrant in a Staten Island home on Thursday morning, police said. The incident marks the third shooting of an NYPD officer since the start of this year.
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell blamed a recent spate of violence on the proliferation of illegal guns on New York City streets.Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell blamed a recent spate of violence on the proliferation of illegal guns on New York City streets.An NYPD detective is expected to recover after he was shot in the leg while executing a narcotics warrant in a Staten Island home on Thursday morning, police said.
The firefight erupted shortly after 6 a.m., as a group of officers burst into the Rockne Street home in New Springville to arrest a suspected drug dealer. When they got to the second floor, the man’s roommate fired from behind a bedroom door, striking the detective in the right leg, according to NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
The detectives returned fire, also hitting the suspected shooter, Nelson Pizarro, in the inner thigh, police said. Both men were hospitalized and are expected to recover. The incident marks the third shooting of an NYPD officer since the start of this year, amid a spate of violence that included theon Wednesday night. At a press conference Thursday, police officials blamed the proliferation of illegal guns on New York City streets.
“In less than three weeks, we’ve been in East Harlem, the Bronx and Staten Island,” said Sewell, referring to the
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